Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
  [IA64] Eliminate NULL test after alloc_bootmem in iosapic_alloc_rte()
  [IA64] Handle count==0 in sn2_ptc_proc_write()
  [IA64] Fix boot failure on ia64/sn2

arch/ia64/kernel/iosapic.c

@@ -558,8 +558,6 @@ static struct iosapic_rte_info * __init_refok iosapic_alloc_rte (void)
 	if (!iosapic_kmalloc_ok && list_empty(&free_rte_list)) {
 		rte = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct iosapic_rte_info) *
 				    NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES);
-		if (!rte)
-			return NULL;
 		for (i = 0; i < NR_PREALLOCATE_RTE_ENTRIES; i++, rte++)
 			list_add(&rte->rte_list, &free_rte_list);
 	}

arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c

@@ -578,8 +578,6 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 	cpu_init();	/* initialize the bootstrap CPU */
 	mmu_context_init();	/* initialize context_id bitmap */
 
-	check_sal_cache_flush();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	acpi_boot_init();
 #endif
@@ -607,6 +605,7 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p)
 		ia64_mca_init();
 
 	platform_setup(cmdline_p);
+	check_sal_cache_flush();
 	paging_init();
 }
 

arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static ssize_t sn2_ptc_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user, si
 	int cpu;
 	char optstr[64];
 
-	if (count > sizeof(optstr))
+	if (count == 0 || count > sizeof(optstr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(optstr, user, count))
 		return -EFAULT;