1. 01 4月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Don't pass boot parameters to argv_init[] · 9b41046c
      OGAWA Hirofumi 提交于
      The boot cmdline is parsed in parse_early_param() and
      parse_args(,unknown_bootoption).
      
      And __setup() is used in obsolete_checksetup().
      
      	start_kernel()
      		-> parse_args()
      			-> unknown_bootoption()
      				-> obsolete_checksetup()
      
      If __setup()'s callback (->setup_func()) returns 1 in
      obsolete_checksetup(), obsolete_checksetup() thinks a parameter was
      handled.
      
      If ->setup_func() returns 0, obsolete_checksetup() tries other
      ->setup_func().  If all ->setup_func() that matched a parameter returns 0,
      a parameter is seted to argv_init[].
      
      Then, when runing /sbin/init or init=app, argv_init[] is passed to the app.
      If the app doesn't ignore those arguments, it will warning and exit.
      
      This patch fixes a wrong usage of it, however fixes obvious one only.
      Signed-off-by: NOGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      9b41046c
  2. 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
  3. 22 3月, 2006 1 次提交
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  9. 09 11月, 2005 3 次提交
  10. 29 10月, 2005 2 次提交
  11. 10 9月, 2005 4 次提交
  12. 16 8月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] intelfb/fbdev: Save info->flags in a local variable · 3edea483
      Antonino A. Daplas 提交于
      Reported by: Pavel Kysilka (Bugzilla Bug 5059)
      
      The intelfb driver does not keep resolution set with fbset after
      switching to anot console and back.
      
      Steps to reproduce:
      
        initial options: tty1,tty2 - 1024x768-60
        1) tty1 - fbset after booting (1024x768-60)
        2) tty1 - fbset 800x600-100
        tty1: 800x600-100
        3) swith to tty2, swith to tty1
        tty1: 1024x768-60 (the same resolution as default from kernel booting)
      
      This bug is caused by intelfb unintentionally destroying info->flags in
      set_par(). Therefore the flag, FBINFO_MISC_USEREVENT used to notify
      fbcon of a mode change was cleared causing the above problem. This bug
      though is not intelfb specific, as other drivers may also be affected.
      
      The fix is to save info->flags in a local variable before calling any
      of the driver hooks.  A more definitive fix (for post 2.6.13) is to
      separate info->flags into one that is set by the driver and another that
      is set by core fbdev/fbcon.
      Signed-off-by: NAntonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      3edea483
  13. 30 7月, 2005 1 次提交
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  15. 22 6月, 2005 3 次提交
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  17. 06 5月, 2005 1 次提交
  18. 01 5月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] DocBook: changes and extensions to the kernel documentation · 4dc3b16b
      Pavel Pisa 提交于
      I have recompiled Linux kernel 2.6.11.5 documentation for me and our
      university students again.  The documentation could be extended for more
      sources which are equipped by structured comments for recent 2.6 kernels.  I
      have tried to proceed with that task.  I have done that more times from 2.6.0
      time and it gets boring to do same changes again and again.  Linux kernel
      compiles after changes for i386 and ARM targets.  I have added references to
      some more files into kernel-api book, I have added some section names as well.
       So please, check that changes do not break something and that categories are
      not too much skewed.
      
      I have changed kernel-doc to accept "fastcall" and "asmlinkage" words reserved
      by kernel convention.  Most of the other changes are modifications in the
      comments to make kernel-doc happy, accept some parameters description and do
      not bail out on errors.  Changed <pid> to @pid in the description, moved some
      #ifdef before comments to correct function to comments bindings, etc.
      
      You can see result of the modified documentation build at
        http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/linux/lkdb-2.6.11.tar.gz
      
      Some more sources are ready to be included into kernel-doc generated
      documentation.  Sources has been added into kernel-api for now.  Some more
      section names added and probably some more chaos introduced as result of quick
      cleanup work.
      Signed-off-by: NPavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz>
      Signed-off-by: NMartin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      4dc3b16b
  19. 17 4月, 2005 1 次提交
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      Linux-2.6.12-rc2 · 1da177e4
      Linus Torvalds 提交于
      Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
      even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
      archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
      3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
      git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
      infrastructure for it.
      
      Let it rip!
      1da177e4