Pull UAPI disintegration fixes from David Howells:
 "There are three main parts:

 (1) I found I needed some more fixups in the wake of testing Arm64
     (some asm/unistd.h files had weird guards that caused problems -
     mostly in arches for which I don't have a compiler) and some
     __KERNEL__ splitting needed to take place in Arm64.

 (2) I found that c6x was missing some __KERNEL__ guards in its
     asm/signal.h.  Mark Salter pointed me at a tree with a patch to
     remove that file entirely and use the asm-generic variant instead.

 (3) Lastly, m68k turned out to have a header installation problem due
     to it lacking a kvm_para.h file.

     The conditional installation bits for linux/kvm_para.h, linux/kvm.h
     and linux/a.out.h weren't very well specified - and didn't work if
     an arch didn't have the asm/ version of that file, but there *was*
     an asm-generic/ version.

     It seems the "ifneq $((wildcard ...),)" for each of those three
     headers in include/kernel/Kbuild is invoked twice during header
     installation, and the second time it matches on the just installed
     asm-generic/kvm_para.h file and thus incorrectly installs
     linux/kvm_para.h as well.

     Most arches actually have an asm/kvm_para.h, so this wasn't
     detectable in those."

* 'uapi-prep' of git://git.infradead.org/users/dhowells/linux-headers:
  UAPI: Fix conditional header installation handling (notably kvm_para.h on m68k)
  c6x: remove c6x signal.h
  UAPI: Split compound conditionals containing __KERNEL__ in Arm64
  UAPI: Fix the guards on various asm/unistd.h files
  c6x: make dsk6455 the default config

Pull SLAB changes from Pekka Enberg:
 "New and noteworthy:

  * More SLAB allocator unification patches from Christoph Lameter and
    others.  This paves the way for slab memcg patches that hopefully
    will land in v3.8.

  * SLAB tracing improvements from Ezequiel Garcia.

  * Kernel tainting upon SLAB corruption from Dave Jones.

  * Miscellanous SLAB allocator bug fixes and improvements from various
    people."

* 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux: (43 commits)
  slab: Fix build failure in __kmem_cache_create()
  slub: init_kmem_cache_cpus() and put_cpu_partial() can be static
  mm/slab: Fix kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace() declaration
  Revert "mm/slab: Fix kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace() declaration"
  mm, slob: fix build breakage in __kmalloc_node_track_caller
  mm/slab: Fix kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace() declaration
  mm/slab: Fix typo _RET_IP -> _RET_IP_
  mm, slub: Rename slab_alloc() -> slab_alloc_node() to match SLAB
  mm, slab: Rename __cache_alloc() -> slab_alloc()
  mm, slab: Match SLAB and SLUB kmem_cache_alloc_xxx_trace() prototype
  mm, slab: Replace 'caller' type, void* -> unsigned long
  mm, slob: Add support for kmalloc_track_caller()
  mm, slab: Remove silly function slab_buffer_size()
  mm, slob: Use NUMA_NO_NODE instead of -1
  mm, sl[au]b: Taint kernel when we detect a corrupted slab
  slab: Only define slab_error for DEBUG
  slab: fix the DEADLOCK issue on l3 alien lock
  slub: Zero initial memory segment for kmem_cache and kmem_cache_node
  Revert "mm/sl[aou]b: Move sysfs_slab_add to common"
  mm/sl[aou]b: Move kmem_cache refcounting to common code
  ...

Merge tag 'stable/for-linus-3.7-arm-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen

Pull ADM Xen support from Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk:

  Features:
   * Allow a Linux guest to boot as initial domain and as normal guests
     on Xen on ARM (specifically ARMv7 with virtualized extensions).  PV
     console, block and network frontend/backends are working.
  Bug-fixes:
   * Fix compile linux-next fallout.
   * Fix PVHVM bootup crashing.

  The Xen-unstable hypervisor (so will be 4.3 in a ~6 months), supports
  ARMv7 platforms.

  The goal in implementing this architecture is to exploit the hardware
  as much as possible.  That means use as little as possible of PV
  operations (so no PV MMU) - and use existing PV drivers for I/Os
  (network, block, console, etc).  This is similar to how PVHVM guests
  operate in X86 platform nowadays - except that on ARM there is no need
  for QEMU.  The end result is that we share a lot of the generic Xen
  drivers and infrastructure.

  Details on how to compile/boot/etc are available at this Wiki:

    http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARMv7_with_Virtualization_Extensions

  and this blog has links to a technical discussion/presentations on the
  overall architecture:

    http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2012/09/21/xensummit-sessions-new-pvh-virtualisation-mode-for-arm-cortex-a15arm-servers-and-x86/

* tag 'stable/for-linus-3.7-arm-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen: (21 commits)
  xen/xen_initial_domain: check that xen_start_info is initialized
  xen: mark xen_init_IRQ __init
  xen/Makefile: fix dom-y build
  arm: introduce a DTS for Xen unprivileged virtual machines
  MAINTAINERS: add myself as Xen ARM maintainer
  xen/arm: compile netback
  xen/arm: compile blkfront and blkback
  xen/arm: implement alloc/free_xenballooned_pages with alloc_pages/kfree
  xen/arm: receive Xen events on ARM
  xen/arm: initialize grant_table on ARM
  xen/arm: get privilege status
  xen/arm: introduce CONFIG_XEN on ARM
  xen: do not compile manage, balloon, pci, acpi, pcpu and cpu_hotplug on ARM
  xen/arm: Introduce xen_ulong_t for unsigned long
  xen/arm: Xen detection and shared_info page mapping
  docs: Xen ARM DT bindings
  xen/arm: empty implementation of grant_table arch specific functions
  xen/arm: sync_bitops
  xen/arm: page.h definitions
  xen/arm: hypercalls
  ...

Pull powerpc updates from Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
 "Some highlights in addition to the usual batch of fixes:

   - 64TB address space support for 64-bit processes by Aneesh Kumar

   - Gavin Shan did a major cleanup & re-organization of our EEH support
     code (IBM fancy PCI error handling & recovery infrastructure) which
     paves the way for supporting different platform backends, along
     with some rework of the PCIe code for the PowerNV platform in order
     to remove home made resource allocations and instead use the
     generic code (which is possible after some small improvements to it
     done by Gavin).

   - Uprobes support by Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli

   - A pile of embedded updates from Freescale folks, including new SoC
     and board supports, more KVM stuff including preparing for 64-bit
     BookE KVM support, ePAPR 1.1 updates, etc..."

Fixup trivial conflicts in drivers/scsi/ipr.c

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (146 commits)
  powerpc/iommu: Fix multiple issues with IOMMU pools code
  powerpc: Fix VMX fix for memcpy case
  driver/mtd:IFC NAND:Initialise internal SRAM before any write
  powerpc/fsl-pci: use 'Header Type' to identify PCIE mode
  powerpc/eeh: Don't release eeh_mutex in eeh_phb_pe_get
  powerpc: Remove tlb batching hack for nighthawk
  powerpc: Set paca->data_offset = 0 for boot cpu
  powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+
  powerpc/fsl-pci: fix warning when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is disabled
  powerpc/mpc85xx: Update interrupt handling for IFC controller
  powerpc/85xx: Enable USB support in p1023rds_defconfig
  powerpc/smp: Do not disable IPI interrupts during suspend
  powerpc/eeh: Fix crash on converting OF node to edev
  powerpc/eeh: Lock module while handling EEH event
  powerpc/kprobe: Don't emulate store when kprobe stwu r1
  powerpc/kprobe: Complete kprobe and migrate exception frame
  powerpc/kprobe: Introduce a new thread flag
  powerpc: Remove unused __get_user64() and __put_user64()
  powerpc/eeh: Global mutex to protect PE tree
  powerpc/eeh: Remove EEH PE for normal PCI hotplug
  ...

Pull networking changes from David Miller:
 "The most important bit in here is the fix for input route caching from
  Eric Dumazet, it's a shame we couldn't fully analyze this in time for
  3.6 as it's a 3.6 regression introduced by the routing cache removal.

  Anyways, will send quickly to -stable after you pull this in.

  Other changes of note:

   1) Fix lockdep splats in team and bonding, from Eric Dumazet.

   2) IPV6 adds link local route even when there is no link local
      address, from Nicolas Dichtel.

   3) Fix ixgbe PTP implementation, from Jacob Keller.

   4) Fix excessive stack usage in cxgb4 driver, from Vipul Pandya.

   5) MAC length computed improperly in VLAN demux, from Antonio
      Quartulli."

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (26 commits)
  ipv6: release reference of ip6_null_entry's dst entry in __ip6_del_rt
  Remove noisy printks from llcp_sock_connect
  tipc: prevent dropped connections due to rcvbuf overflow
  silence some noisy printks in irda
  team: set qdisc_tx_busylock to avoid LOCKDEP splat
  bonding: set qdisc_tx_busylock to avoid LOCKDEP splat
  sctp: check src addr when processing SACK to update transport state
  sctp: fix a typo in prototype of __sctp_rcv_lookup()
  ipv4: add a fib_type to fib_info
  can: mpc5xxx_can: fix section type conflict
  can: peak_pcmcia: fix error return code
  can: peak_pci: fix error return code
  cxgb4: Fix build error due to missing linux/vmalloc.h include.
  bnx2x: fix ring size for 10G functions
  cxgb4: Dynamically allocate memory in t4_memory_rw() and get_vpd_params()
  ixgbe: add support for X540-AT1
  ixgbe: fix poll loop for FDIRCTRL.INIT_DONE bit
  ixgbe: fix PTP ethtool timestamping function
  ixgbe: (PTP) Fix PPS interrupt code
  ixgbe: Fix PTP X540 SDP alignment code for PPS signal
  ...

Merge misc patches from Andrew Morton:
 "The MM tree is rather stuck while I wait to find out what the heck is
  happening with sched/numa.  Probably I'll need to route around all the
  code which was added to -next, sigh.

  So this is "everything else", or at least most of it - other small
  bits are still awaiting resolutions of various kinds."

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (180 commits)
  lib/decompress.c add __init to decompress_method and data
  kernel/resource.c: fix stack overflow in __reserve_region_with_split()
  omfs: convert to use beXX_add_cpu()
  taskstats: cgroupstats_user_cmd() may leak on error
  aoe: update aoe-internal version number to 50
  aoe: update documentation to better reflect aoe-plus-udev usage
  aoe: remove unused code
  aoe: make dynamic block minor numbers the default
  aoe: update and specify AoE address guards and error messages
  aoe: retain static block device numbers for backwards compatibility
  aoe: support more AoE addresses with dynamic block device minor numbers
  aoe: update documentation with new URL and VM settings reference
  aoe: update copyright year in touched files
  aoe: update internal version number to 49
  aoe: remove unused code and add cosmetic improvements
  aoe: increase net_device reference count while using it
  aoe: associate frames with the AoE storage target
  aoe: disallow unsupported AoE minor addresses
  aoe: do revalidation steps in order
  aoe: failover remote interface based on aoe_deadsecs parameter
  ...

Fix the warning:

  WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x14cfd8): Section mismatch in reference from the variable compressed_formats to the function .init.text:gunzip()
  The function compressed_formats() references
  the function __init gunzip().
  etc..

Within decompress.c, compressed_formats[] needs 'a __initdata annotation',
because some of it's data members refer to functions which will be
unloaded after init.

Consequently, its user decompress_method() will get the __init prefix.
Signed-off-by: NHein Tibosch <hein_tibosch@yahoo.es>
Cc: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Using a recursive call add a non-conflicting region in
__reserve_region_with_split() could result in a stack overflow in the case
that the recursive calls are too deep.  Convert the recursive calls to an
iterative loop to avoid the problem.

Tested on a machine containing 135 regions.  The kernel no longer panicked
with stack overflow.

Also tested with code arbitrarily adding regions with no conflict,
embedding two consecutive conflicts and embedding two non-consecutive
conflicts.
Signed-off-by: NT Makphaibulchoke <tmac@hp.com>
Reviewed-by: NRam Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@gmail.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <weiyang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Convert cpu_to_beXX(beXX_to_cpu(E1) + E2) to use beXX_add_cpu().

dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch.
(https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch)
Signed-off-by: NWei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>
Acked-by: NBob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

If prepare_reply() succeeds we have allocated memory for 'rep_skb'.  If
nla_reserve() then subsequently fails and returns NULL we fail to release
the memory we allocated, thus causing a leak.
Signed-off-by: NJesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Cc: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Because udev use is so widespread, making the old static mapping the
default is too conservative, given the severe limitations it places on
usable AoE addresses.  Storage virtualization and larger shelves have made
the old limitations too confining.

These changes make the dynamic block device minor numbers the default,
removing the limitations on usable AoE addresses.

The static arrangement is still available with aoe_dyndevs=0, and the
aoe-stat tool from the userland aoetools package, the user space
counterpart to the aoe driver, recognizes the case where there is a
mismatch between the minor number in sysfs and the minor number in a
special device file.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

In general, specific is better when it comes to messages about AoE usage
problems.  Also, explicit checks for the AoE broadcast addresses are
added.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The old mapping between AoE target shelf and slot addresses and the block
device minor number is retained as a backwards-compatible feature, with a
new "aoe_dyndevs" module parameter available for enabling dynamic block
device minor numbers.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The ATA over Ethernet protocol uses a major (shelf) and minor (slot)
address to identify a particular storage target.  These changes remove an
artificial limitation the aoe driver imposes on the use of AoE addresses.
For example, without these changes, the slot address has a maximum of 15,
but users commonly use slot numbers much greater than that.

The AoE shelf and slot address space is often used sparsely.  Instead of
using a static mapping between AoE addresses and the block device minor
number, the block device minor numbers are now allocated on demand.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The old area has a new URL.  Also, now that the driver can perform better,
it is worth mentioning the VM settings that help aoe to sink dirty pages
out early, avoiding unecessary memory pressure when much I/O is going on.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The internal version number of the aoe driver appears in a console message
when the driver loads and is usually obtained by the user with the
userland aoe-version tool, part of the aoetools.[1]

Although this patchset includes bugfixes backported from higher-numbered
versions published on the coraid.com website, it is a form of version 49.

1. http://aoetools.sourceforge.net/Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This change removes some unused code and attempts to increase code
consistency.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This change eliminates the danger that the user could rmmod the driver for
a network interface that is being used for AoE by the aoe driver.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

In the driver code, "target" and aoetgt refer to a particular remote
interface on the AoE storage target.  The latter is identified by its AoE
major and minor addresses.  Commands that are being sent to an AoE storage
target {major, minor} can be sent or retransmitted to any of the remote
MAC addresses associated with the AoE storage target.

That is, frames are naturally associated with not an aoetgt (AoE major,
AoE minor, remote MAC address) but an aoedev (AoE major, AoE minor).
Making the code reflect that reality simplifies the driver, especially
when the path to a remote MAC address becomes unusable.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

A guard is inserted to prevent AoE minor addresses (slot addresses) higher
than 15 to be used, as they are not yet supported by the driver.

There is a change coming that will allow the aoe driver to overcome this
limit by using system device minor numbers dynamically, but until then,
this guard prevents unexpected targets from being used by the driver when
AoE targets with high minor numbers are on the AoE network.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The discovery process begins with an optional AoE config query command and
an AoE config query response.  Normally when an aoe device is already
open, the config query response does not trigger an ATA identify device
command to be sent out, since the response contains storage capacity
information that, if changed, could surprise the user of the device.

The userland "aoe-revalidate" tool uses a character device to trigger an
AoE config query for a particular AoE storage target and an ATA device
identify command, even when the device is open.

This change causes the config query to go out first, reflecting the normal
discovery sequence.  The responses could come back in any order, so this
change is fairly cosmetic.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The aoe_deadsecs module parameter allows the user to specify a hard limit
on the number of seconds an AoE command can be retransmitted before the
AoE block device is considered to have failed.

Using aoe_deadsecs to determine the time we try using a different remote
interface helps to ensure that the hard limit is not reached before we've
tried to recover by sending to a different remote port.

As a data storage target, the AoE target is unambiguously identified by
its {major, minor} AoE address tuple, and an AoE target can have multiple
MAC addresses.  However, note that "target" in the driver code and
comments means a {major, minor, MAC address} tuple, as in "somewhere to
send packets".
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Users with several network interfaces dedicated to AoE generally do not
configure them to support different-sized AoE data payloads on purpose.

For a given AoE target, there will be a set of local network interfaces
that can reach it.  Using only the payload that will fit in the
smallest-sized MTU of all those local interfaces greatly simplifies the
driver, especially in failure scenarios.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The dev_queue_xmit function needs to have interrupts enabled, so the most
simple way to get the locking right but still fulfill that requirement is
to use a process that can call dev_queue_xmit serially over queued
transmissions.
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

To allow users to choose an elevator algorithm for their particular
workloads, change from a make_request-style driver to an
I/O-request-queue-handler-style driver.

We have to do a couple of things that might be surprising.  We manipulate
the page _count directly on the assumption that we still have no guarantee
that users of the block layer are prohibited from submitting bios
containing pages with zero reference counts.[1] If such a prohibition now
exists, I can get rid of the _count manipulation.

Just as before this patch, we still keep track of the sk_buffs that the
network layer still hasn't finished yet and cap the resources we use with
a "pool" of skbs.[2]

Now that the block layer maintains the disk stats, the aoe driver's
diskstats function can go away.

1. https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/1/374
2. https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/6/241Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make the frames the aoe driver uses to track the relationship between bios
and packets more flexible and detached, so that they can be passed to an
"aoe_ktio" thread for completion of I/O.

The frames are handled much like skbs, with a capped amount of
preallocation so that real-world use cases are likely to run smoothly and
degenerate gracefully even under memory pressure.

Decoupling I/O completion from the receive path and serializing it in a
process makes it easier to think about the correctness of the locking in
the driver, especially in the case of a remote MAC address becoming
unusable.

[dan.carpenter@oracle.com: cleanup an allocation a bit]
Signed-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

tAdd adds the ability to work with large packets composed of a number of
segments, using the scatter gather feature of the block layer (biovecs)
and the network layer (skb frag array).  The motivation is the performance
gained by using a packet data payload greater than a page size and by
using the network card's scatter gather feature.

Users of the out-of-tree aoe driver already had these changes, but since
early 2011, they have complained of increased memory utilization and
higher CPU utilization during heavy writes.[1] The commit below appears
related, as it disables scatter gather on non-IP protocols inside the
harmonize_features function, even when the NIC supports sg.

  commit f01a5236
  Author: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
  Date:   Sun Jan 9 06:23:31 2011 +0000

      net offloading: Generalize netif_get_vlan_features().

With that regression in place, transmits always linearize sg AoE packets,
but in-kernel users did not have this patch.  Before 2.6.38, though, these
changes were working to allow sg to increase performance.

1. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg15184.htmlSigned-off-by: NEd Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add discard support to nbd.  If the nbd-server supports discard, it will
send NBD_FLAG_SEND_TRIM to the client.  The client will then set the flag
in the kernel via NBD_SET_FLAGS, which tells the kernel to enable discards
for the device (QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD).

If discard support is enabled, then when the nbd client system receives a
discard request, this will be passed along to the nbd-server.  When the
discard request is received by the nbd-server, it will perform:

	fallocate(.. FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE ..)

To punch a hole in the backend storage, which is no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: NPaul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add a set-flags ioctl, allowing various option flags to be set on an nbd
device.  This allows the nbd-client to set the device flags (to enable
read-only mode, or enable discard support, etc.).

Flags are typically specified by the nbd-server.  During the negotiation
phase of the nbd connection, the server sends its flags to the client.
The client then uses NBD_SET_FLAGS to inform the kernel of the options.

Also included is a one-line fix to debug output for the set-timeout ioctl.
Signed-off-by: NPaul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Replace the single global destination ID counter with per-net allocation
mechanism to allow independent destID management for each available
RapidIO network.  Using bitmap based mechanism instead of counters allows
destination ID release and reuse in systems that support hot-swap.
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make RIONET driver multi-net safe/capable by introducing per-net lists of
RapidIO network peers.  Rework registration of network adapters to support
all available RIO master port devices.
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Modify mport initialization routine to run the RapidIO discovery process
asynchronously.  This allows to have an arbitrary order of enumerating and
discovering ports in systems with multiple RapidIO controllers without
creating a deadlock situation if enumerator port is registered after a
discovering one.

Making netID matching to mportID ensures consistent net ID assignment in
multiport RapidIO systems with asynchronous discovery process (global
counter implementation is affected by race between threads).

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak code layput]
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Modify handling of device lists to resolve issues caused by using single
global list of RIO devices during enumeration/discovery.  The most common
sign of existing issue is incorrect contents of switch routing tables in
systems with multiple mport controllers while single-port configuration
performs as expected.
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

The following set of patches provides modifications targeting support of
multiple RapidIO master port (mport) devices on a CPU-side of
RapidIO-capable board.  While the RapidIO subsystem code has definitions
suitable for multi-controller/multi-net support, the existing
implementation cannot be considered ready for multiple mport
configurations.

=========== NOTES: =============

a) The patches below do not address RapidIO side view of multiport
   processing elements defined in Part 6 of RapidIO spec Rev.2.1 (section
   6.4.1).  These devices have Base Device ID CSR (0x60) and Component Tag
   CSR (0x6C) shared by all SRIO ports.  For example, Freescale's P4080,
   P3041 and P5020 have a dual-port SRIO controller implemented according
   the specification.  Enumeration/discovery of such devices from RapidIO
   side may require device-specific fixups.

b) Devices referenced above may also require implementation specific
   code to setup a host device ID for mport device.  These operations are
   not addressed by patches in this package.

=================================

Details about provided patches:

1. Fix blocking wait for discovery ready

   While it does not happen on PowerPC based platforms, there is
   possibility of stalled CPU warning dump on x86 based platforms that run
   RapidIO discovery process if they wait too long for being enumerated.

   Currently users can avoid it by disabling the soft-lockup detector
   using "nosoftlockup" kernel parameter OR by ensuring that enumeration
   is completed before soft-lockup is detected.

   This patch eliminates blocking wait and keeps a scheduler running.
   It also is required for patch 3 below which introduces asynchronous
   discovery process.

2. Use device lists handling on per-net basis

   This patch allows to correctly support multiple RapidIO nets and
   resolves possible issues caused by using single global list of devices
   during RapidIO system enumeration/discovery.  The most common sign of
   existing issue is incorrect contents of switch routing tables in
   systems with multiple mport controllers while single-port configuration
   performs as expected.

   The patch does not eliminate the global RapidIO device list but
   changes some routines in enumeration/discovery to use per-net device
   lists instead.  This way compatibility with upper layer RIO routines is
   preserved.

3.  Run discovery as an asynchronous process

   This patch modifies RapidIO initialization routine to asynchronously
   run the discovery process for each corresponding mport.  This allows
   having an arbitrary order of enumerating and discovering mports without
   creating a deadlock situation if an enumerator port was registered
   after a discovering one.

   On boards with multiple discovering mports it also eliminates order
   dependency between mports and may reduce total time of RapidIO
   subsystem initialization.

   Making netID matching to mportID ensures consistent netID assignment
   in multiport RapidIO systems with asynchronous discovery process
   (global counter implementation is affected by race between threads).

4. Rework RIONET to support multiple RIO master ports

   In the current version of the driver rionet_probe() has comment "XXX
   Make multi-net safe".  Now it is a good time to address this comment.

   This patch makes RIONET driver multi-net safe/capable by introducing
   per-net lists of RapidIO network peers.  It also enables to register
   network adapters for all available mport devices.

5. Add destination ID allocation mechanism

   The patch replaces a single global destination ID counter with
   per-net allocation mechanism to allow independent destID management for
   each available RapidIO network.  Using bitmap based mechanism instead
   of counters allows destination ID release and reuse in systems that
   support hot-swap.

This patch:

Fix blocking wait loop in the RapidIO discovery routine to avoid warning
dumps about stalled CPU on x86 platforms.
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Apply port RX/TX enable operations only to active switch ports.

RapidIO specification (Part 6: LP-Serial Physical Layer) recommends to
keep Output Port Enable (TX) and Input Port Enable (RX) control bits in
disabled state (0b0) after device reset.  It also allows to have
implementation specific reset state for these bits.

This patch ensures that TX/RX enable action is applied only to active
switch's ports while preserving an initial state of inactive ones.

This patch is intended to keep inactive switch ports with inbound and
outbound packet transfers disabled to block unexpected packets during hot
insertion event.  While it does not fix any visible malfunction it is
intended to prevent such events in future.
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Add Tsi721 routines to support RapidIO subsystem's inbound memory mapping
interface (RapidIO to system's local memory).
Signed-off-by: NAlexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Li Yang <leoli@freescale.com>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>