Merge branch 'origin' into misc

22 files changed, 190 insertions, 132 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/agp_backend.h b/include/linux/agp_backend.h
index 9101ed64f80..09ea4a1e950 100644
--- a/include/linux/agp_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/agp_backend.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct agp_memory {
         u32 physical;
         bool is_bound;
         bool is_flushed;
-        bool vmalloc_flag;
         /* list of agp_memory mapped to the aperture */
         struct list_head mapped_list;
         /* DMA-mapped addresses */
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index aee5f6ce166..e9aec0d099d 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
         struct bdi_writeback wb;  /* default writeback info for this bdi */
         spinlock_t wb_lock;       /* protects update side of wb_list */
         struct list_head wb_list; /* the flusher threads hanging off this bdi */
-        unsigned long wb_mask;    /* bitmask of registered tasks */
-        unsigned int wb_cnt;      /* number of registered tasks */
 
         struct list_head work_list;
 
@@ -105,8 +103,8 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
 int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev);
 void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 int bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *, unsigned int);
-void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb,
-                                long nr_pages);
+void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages);
+void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 0c621604baa..e3d00fdb858 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -525,13 +525,21 @@ static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *cgroup_subsys_state(
         return cgrp->subsys[subsys_id];
 }
 
-static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *task_subsys_state(
-        struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
+/*
+ * function to get the cgroup_subsys_state which allows for extra
+ * rcu_dereference_check() conditions, such as locks used during the
+ * cgroup_subsys::attach() methods.
+ */
+#define task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, __c)                   \
+        rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id],         \
+                              rcu_read_lock_held() ||                   \
+                              lockdep_is_held(&task->alloc_lock) ||     \
+                              cgroup_lock_is_held() || (__c))
+
+static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *
+task_subsys_state(struct task_struct *task, int subsys_id)
 {
-        return rcu_dereference_check(task->cgroups->subsys[subsys_id],
-                                     rcu_read_lock_held() ||
-                                     lockdep_is_held(&task->alloc_lock) ||
-                                     cgroup_lock_is_held());
+        return task_subsys_state_check(task, subsys_id, false);
 }
 
 static inline struct cgroup* task_cgroup(struct task_struct *task,
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 73dcf804bc9..0da5b187f12 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@
  * naked functions because then mcount is called without stack and frame pointer
  * being set up and there is no chance to restore the lr register to the value
  * before mcount was called.
+ *
+ * The asm() bodies of naked functions often depend on standard calling conventions,
+ * therefore they must be noinline and noclone.  GCC 4.[56] currently fail to enforce
+ * this, so we must do so ourselves.  See GCC PR44290.
  */
-#define __naked                         __attribute__((naked)) notrace
+#define __naked                         __attribute__((naked)) noinline __noclone notrace
 
 #define __noreturn                      __attribute__((noreturn))
 
@@ -85,3 +89,7 @@
 #define _gcc_header(x) __gcc_header(linux/compiler-gcc##x.h)
 #define gcc_header(x) _gcc_header(x)
 #include gcc_header(__GNUC__)
+
+#if !defined(__noclone)
+#define __noclone       /* not needed */
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
index 94dea3ffbfa..fcfa5b9a431 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
  * unreleased.  Really, we need to have autoconf for the kernel.
  */
 #define unreachable() __builtin_unreachable()
+
+/* Mark a function definition as prohibited from being cloned. */
+#define __noclone       __attribute__((__noclone__))
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/drbd.h b/include/linux/drbd.h
index 30da4ae4897..b8d2516668a 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.8rc2"
+#define REL_VERSION "8.3.8"
 #define API_VERSION 88
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
 #define PRO_VERSION_MAX 94
diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index b3cd4de9432..52c0da4bdd1 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
                                 const char *modname);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
-extern int ddebug_remove_module(char *mod_name);
+extern int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod_name);
 
 #define __dynamic_dbg_enabled(dd)  ({        \
         int __ret = 0;                                                       \
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extern int ddebug_remove_module(char *mod_name);
 
 #else
 
-static inline int ddebug_remove_module(char *mod)
+static inline int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod)
 {
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 276b40a1683..b4207ca3ad5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ struct ethtool_rxnfc {
         __u32                           flow_type;
         /* The rx flow hash value or the rule DB size */
         __u64                           data;
+        /* The following fields are not valid and must not be used for
+         * the ETHTOOL_{G,X}RXFH commands. */
         struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec     fs;
         __u32                           rule_cnt;
         __u32                           rule_locs[0];
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 907ace3a64c..8e5a9dfb76b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -786,8 +786,6 @@ struct fb_tile_ops {
 #define FBINFO_MISC_USEREVENT          0x10000 /* event request
                                                   from userspace */