Merge commit 'v2.6.34' into next

15 files changed, 161 insertions, 106 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
index ba9975771503..ff3e5bec1c24 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ void (*dev_config) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *);
         issue of SET FEATURES - XFER MODE, and prior to operation.
         </para>
         <para>
-        Called by ata_device_add() after ata_dev_identify() determines
-        a device is present.
-        </para>
-        <para>
         This entry may be specified as NULL in ata_port_operations.
         </para>
 
@@ -154,8 +150,8 @@ unsigned int (*mode_filter) (struct ata_port *, struct ata_device *, unsigned in
 
         <sect2><title>Taskfile read/write</title>
         <programlisting>
-void (*tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
-void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_load) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
         </programlisting>
 
         <para>
@@ -164,36 +160,35 @@ void (*tf_read) (struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
         hardware registers / DMA buffers, to obtain the current set of
         taskfile register values.
         Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware (PIO or MMIO) use
-        ata_tf_load() and ata_tf_read() for these hooks.
+        ata_sff_tf_load() and ata_sff_tf_read() for these hooks.
         </para>
 
         </sect2>
 
         <sect2><title>PIO data read/write</title>
         <programlisting>
-void (*data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
+void (*sff_data_xfer) (struct ata_device *, unsigned char *, unsigned int, int);
         </programlisting>
 
         <para>
 All bmdma-style drivers must implement this hook.  This is the low-level
 operation that actually copies the data bytes during a PIO data
 transfer.
-Typically the driver
-will choose one of ata_pio_data_xfer_noirq(), ata_pio_data_xfer(), or
-ata_mmio_data_xfer().
+Typically the driver will choose one of ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(),
+ata_sff_data_xfer(), or ata_sff_data_xfer32().
         </para>
 
         </sect2>
 
         <sect2><title>ATA command execute</title>
         <programlisting>
-void (*exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
+void (*sff_exec_command)(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf);
         </programlisting>
 
         <para>
         causes an ATA command, previously loaded with
         ->tf_load(), to be initiated in hardware.
-        Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_exec_command()
+        Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use ata_sff_exec_command()
         for this hook.
         </para>
 
@@ -218,8 +213,8 @@ command.
 
         <sect2><title>Read specific ATA shadow registers</title>
         <programlisting>
-u8   (*check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
-u8   (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8   (*sff_check_status)(struct ata_port *ap);
+u8   (*sff_check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
         </programlisting>
 
         <para>
@@ -227,20 +222,14 @@ u8   (*check_altstatus)(struct ata_port *ap);
         hardware.  On some hardware, reading the Status register has
         the side effect of clearing the interrupt condition.
         Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
-        ata_check_status() for this hook.
-        </para>
-        <para>
-        Note that because this is called from ata_device_add(), at
-        least a dummy function that clears device interrupts must be
-        provided for all drivers, even if the controller doesn't
-        actually have a taskfile status register.
+        ata_sff_check_status() for this hook.
         </para>
 
         </sect2>
 
         <sect2><title>Select ATA device on bus</title>
         <programlisting>
-void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
+void (*sff_dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
         </programlisting>
 
         <para>
@@ -251,9 +240,7 @@ void (*dev_select)(struct ata_port *ap, unsigned int device);
         </para>
         <para>
         Most drivers for taskfile-based hardware use
-        ata_std_dev_select() for this hook.  Controllers which do not
-        support second drives on a port (such as SATA contollers) will
-        use ata_noop_dev_select().
+        ata_sff_dev_select() for this hook.
         </para>
 
         </sect2>
@@ -441,13 +428,13 @@ void (*irq_clear) (struct ata_port *);
         to struct ata_host_set.
         </para>
         <para>
-        Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_interrupt() for the
+        Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_interrupt() for the
         irq_handler hook, which scans all ports in the host_set,
         determines which queued command was active (if any), and calls
-        ata_host_intr(ap,qc).
+        ata_sff_host_intr(ap,qc).
         </para>
         <para>
-        Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_bmdma_irq_clear() for the
+        Most legacy IDE drivers use ata_sff_irq_clear() for the
         irq_clear() hook, which simply clears the interrupt and error
         flags in the DMA status register.
         </para>
@@ -496,10 +483,6 @@ void (*host_stop) (struct ata_host_set *host_set);
         data from port at this time.
         </para>
         <para>
-        Many drivers use ata_port_stop() as this hook, which frees the
-        PRD table.
-        </para>
-        <para>
         ->host_stop() is called after all ->port_stop() calls
 have completed.  The hook must finalize hardware shutdown, release DMA
 and other resources, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index f5395af88a41..40ada93b820a 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ process is as follows:
     Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the
     -next kernel for a few weeks.  The preferred way to submit big changes
     is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
-    can be found at http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just
+    can be found at http://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
     fine.
   - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
     only patches that do not include new features that could affect the
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
index a6d32e65d222..a8536cb88091 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ NMI handler.
                 cpu = smp_processor_id();
                 ++nmi_count(cpu);
 
-                if (!rcu_dereference(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
+                if (!rcu_dereference_sched(nmi_callback)(regs, cpu))
                         default_do_nmi(regs);
 
                 nmi_exit();
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ function pointer.  If this handler returns zero, do_nmi() invokes the
 default_do_nmi() function to handle a machine-specific NMI.  Finally,
 preemption is restored.
 
-Strictly speaking, rcu_dereference() is not needed, since this code runs
-only on i386, which does not need rcu_dereference() anyway.  However,
-it is a good documentation aid, particularly for anyone attempting to
-do something similar on Alpha.
+In theory, rcu_dereference_sched() is not needed, since this code runs
+only on i386, which in theory does not need rcu_dereference_sched()
+anyway.  However, in practice it is a good documentation aid, particularly
+for anyone attempting to do something similar on Alpha or on systems
+with aggressive optimizing compilers.
 
-Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha,
+Quick Quiz:  Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha,
              given that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
 
@@ -99,17 +100,21 @@ invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
 
 Answer to Quick Quiz
 
-        Why might the rcu_dereference() be necessary on Alpha, given
+        Why might the rcu_dereference_sched() be necessary on Alpha, given
         that the code referenced by the pointer is read-only?
 
         Answer: The caller to set_nmi_callback() might well have
-                initialized some data that is to be used by the
-                new NMI handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference()
-                would be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received
-                an NMI just after the new handler was set might see
-                the pointer to the new NMI handler, but the old
-                pre-initialized version of the handler's data.
-
-                More important, the rcu_dereference() makes it clear
-                to someone reading the code that the pointer is being
-                protected by RCU.
+                initialized some data that is to be used by the new NMI
+                handler.  In this case, the rcu_dereference_sched() would
+                be needed, because otherwise a CPU that received an NMI
+                just after the new handler was set might see the pointer
+                to the new NMI handler, but the old pre-initialized
+                version of the handler's data.
+
+                This same sad story can happen on other CPUs when using
+                a compiler with aggressive pointer-value speculation
+                optimizations.
+
+                More important, the rcu_dereference_sched() makes it
+                clear to someone reading the code that the pointer is
+                being protected by RCU-sched.
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index cbc180f90194..790d1a812376 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
         The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal
         primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so
         can be quite helpful in reducing code bloat when common code is
-        shared between readers and updaters.
+        shared between readers and updaters.  Additional primitives
+        are provided for this case, as discussed in lockdep.txt.
 
 10.     Conversely, if you are in an RCU read-side critical section,
         and you don't hold the appropriate update-side lock, you -must-
@@ -344,8 +345,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
         requiring SRCU's read-side deadlock immunity or low read-side
         realtime latency.
 
-        Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() and rcu_dereference() relate to
-        SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU.
+        Note that, rcu_assign_pointer() relates to SRCU just as they do
+        to other forms of RCU.
 
 15.     The whole point of call_rcu(), synchronize_rcu(), and friends
         is to wait until all pre-existing readers have finished before
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
index fe24b58627bd..d7a49b2f6994 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,20 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives:
         srcu_dereference(p, sp):
                 Check for SRCU read-side critical section.
         rcu_dereference_check(p, c):
-                Use explicit check expression "c".
+                Use explicit check expression "c".  This is useful in
+                code that is invoked by both readers and updaters.
         rcu_dereference_raw(p)
                 Don't check.  (Use sparingly, if at all.)
+        rcu_dereference_protected(p, c):
+                Use explicit check expression "c", and omit all barriers
+                and compiler constraints.  This is useful when the data
+                structure cannot change, for example, in code that is
+                invoked only by updaters.
+        rcu_access_pointer(p):
+                Return the value of the pointer and omit all barriers,
+                but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating
+                or coalescsing.  This is useful when when testing the
+                value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL.
 
 The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean
 expression, but would normally include one of the rcu_read_lock_held()
@@ -59,7 +70,20 @@ In case (1), the pointer is picked up in an RCU-safe manner for vanilla
 RCU read-side critical sections, in case (2) the ->file_lock prevents
 any change from taking place, and finally, in case (3) the current task
 is the only task accessing the file_struct, again preventing any change
-from taking place.
+from taking place.  If the above statement was invoked only from updater
+code, it could instead be written as follows:
+
+        file = rcu_dereference_protected(fdt->fd[fd],
+                                         lockdep_is_held(&files->file_lock) ||
+                                         atomic_read(&files->count) == 1);
+
+This would verify cases #2 and #3 above, and furthermore lockdep would
+complain if this was used in an RCU read-side critical section unless one
+of these two cases held.  Because rcu_dereference_protected() omits all
+barriers and compiler constraints, it generates better code than do the
+other flavors of rcu_dereference().  On the other hand, it is illegal
+to use rcu_dereference_protected() if either the RCU-protected pointer
+or the RCU-protected data that it points to can change concurrently.
 
 There are currently only "universal" versions of the rcu_assign_pointer()
 and RCU list-/tree-traversal primitives, which do not (yet) check for
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 1dc00ee97163..cfaac34c4557 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -840,6 +840,12 @@ SRCU:	Initialization/cleanup
         init_srcu_struct
         cleanup_srcu_struct
 
+All:  lockdep-checked RCU-protected pointer access
+
+        rcu_dereference_check
+        rcu_dereference_protected
+        rcu_access_pointer
+
 See the comment headers in the source code (or the docbook generated
 from them) for more information.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
index fd588ff0e296..a1ca5924faff 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/cgroups.txt
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ containing the following files describing that cgroup:
  - cgroup.procs: list of tgids in the cgroup.  This list is not
    guaranteed to be sorted or free of duplicate tgids, and userspace
    should sort/uniquify the list if this property is required.
-   Writing a tgid into this file moves all threads with that tgid into
-   this cgroup.
+   This is a read-only file, for now.
  - notify_on_release flag: run the release agent on exit?
  - release_agent: the path to use for release notifications (this file
    exists in the top cgroup only)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c8659ad40b56..4759af38e535 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -578,3 +578,26 @@ Why:	Useful in 2003, implementation is a hack.
         Generally invoked by accident today.
         Seen as doing more harm than good.
 Who:    Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:   video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support
+When:   2.6.35
+Files:  drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
+        include/linux/videotext.h
+Why:    The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes
+        for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support.
+        Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249
+        has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware
+        that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically
+        supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked.
+
+        In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there
+        are no applications actually implementing this API.
+
+        The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really
+        like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely
+        event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality
+        provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build
+        around the sliced VBI API instead.
+Who:    Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index a4f30faa4f1f..1e359b62c40a 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ address           perms offset  dev   inode      pathname
 08049000-0804a000 rw-p 00001000 03:00 8312       /opt/test
 0804a000-0806b000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
 a7cb1000-a7cb2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
-a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [threadstack:001ff4b4]
+a7cb2000-a7eb2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7eb2000-a7eb3000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7eb3000-a7ed5000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
 a7ed5000-a8008000 r-xp 00000000 03:00 4222       /lib/libc.so.6
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ is not associated with a file:
  [stack]                  = the stack of the main process
  [vdso]                   = the "virtual dynamic shared object",
                             the kernel system call handler
- [threadstack:xxxxxxxx]   = the stack of the thread, xxxxxxxx is the stack size
 
  or if empty, the mapping is anonymous.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 3219ee0dbfef..5ebf5af1d716 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ structure at all.  You should use this to keep device-specific data.
         /* retrieve the value */
         void *i2c_get_clientdata(const struct i2c_client *client);
 
+Note that starting with kernel 2.6.34, you don't have to set the `data' field
+to NULL in remove() or if probe() failed anymore. The i2c-core does this
+automatically on these occasions. Those are also the only times the core will
+touch this field.
+
 
 Accessing the client
 ====================
diff --git a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
index a10c3b6ba7c4..56941ae1f5db 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/elantech.txt
@@ -333,14 +333,14 @@ byte 0:
 byte 1:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
-        x15 x14 x13 x12 x11 x10 x9  x8
+         .   .   .   .   .  x10 x9  x8
 
 byte 2:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
         x7  x6  x5  x4  x4  x2  x1  x0
 
-         x15..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
+         x10..x0 = absolute x value (horizontal)
 
 byte 3:
 
@@ -350,14 +350,14 @@ byte 3:
 byte 4:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
-        y15 y14 y13 y12 y11 y10 y8  y8
+         .   .   .   .   .   .  y9  y8
 
 byte 5:
 
    bit   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0
         y7  y6  y5  y4  y3  y2  y1  y0
 
-         y15..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
+         y9..y0 = absolute y value (vertical)
 
 
 4.2.2 Two finger touch
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e4cbca58536c..839b21b0699a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -320,11 +320,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
         amd_iommu=      [HW,X86-84]
                         Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
                         Possible values are:
-                        isolate - enable device isolation (each device, as far
-                                  as possible, will get its own protection
-                                  domain) [default]
-                        share - put every device behind one IOMMU into the
-                                same protection domain
                         fullflush - enable flushing of IO/TLB entries when
                                     they are unmapped. Otherwise they are
                                     flushed before they will be reused, which
@@ -1199,7 +1194,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
         libata.force=   [LIBATA] Force configurations.  The format is comma
                         separated list of "[ID:]VAL" where ID is
-                        PORT[:DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
+                        PORT[.DEVICE].  PORT and DEVICE are decimal numbers
                         matching port, link or device.  Basically, it matches
                         the ATA ID string printed on console by libata.  If
                         the whole ID part is omitted, the last PORT and DEVICE
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
index 0e58b4539176..e8c8f4f06c67 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE:     return system time stamp generated in
 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX/RX determine how time stamps are generated.
 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW/SYS determine how they are reported in the
 following control message:
-    struct scm_timestamping {
-           struct timespec systime;
-           struct timespec hwtimetrans;
-           struct timespec hwtimeraw;
-    };
+
+struct scm_timestamping {
+        struct timespec systime;
+        struct timespec hwtimetrans;
+        struct timespec hwtimeraw;
+};
 
 recvmsg() can be used to get this control message for regular incoming
 packets. For send time stamps the outgoing packet is looped back to
@@ -87,12 +88,13 @@ by the network device and will be empty without that support.
 SIOCSHWTSTAMP:
 
 Hardware time stamping must also be initialized for each device driver
-that is expected to do hardware time stamping. The parameter is:
+that is expected to do hardware time stamping. The parameter is defined in
+/include/linux/net_tstamp.h as:
 
 struct hwtstamp_config {
-    int flags;           /* no flags defined right now, must be zero */
-    int tx_type;         /* HWTSTAMP_TX_* */
-    int rx_filter;       /* HWTSTAMP_FILTER_* */
+        int flags;      /* no flags defined right now, must be zero */
+        int tx_type;    /* HWTSTAMP_TX_* */
+        int rx_filter;  /* HWTSTAMP_FILTER_* */
 };
 
 Desired behavior is passed into the kernel and to a specific device by
@@ -139,42 +141,56 @@ enum {
         /* time stamp any incoming packet */
         HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL,
 
-        /* return value: time stamp all packets requested plus some others */
-        HWTSTAMP_FILTER_SOME,
+        /* return value: time stamp all packets requested plus some others */
+        HWTSTAMP_FILTER_SOME,
 
         /* PTP v1, UDP, any kind of event packet */
         HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V1_L4_EVENT,
 
-        ...
+        /* for the complete list of values, please check
+         * the include file /include/linux/net_tstamp.h
+         */
 };
 
 
 DEVICE IMPLEMENTATION
 
 A driver which supports hardware time stamping must support the
-SIOCSHWTSTAMP ioctl. Time stamps for received packets must be stored
-in the skb with skb_hwtstamp_set().
+SIOCSHWTSTAMP ioctl and update the supplied struct hwtstamp_config with
+the actual values as described in the section on SIOCSHWTSTAMP.
+
+Time stamps for received packets must be stored in the skb. To get a pointer
+to the shared time stamp structure of the skb call skb_hwtstamps(). Then
+set the time stamps in the structure:
+
+struct skb_shared_hwtstamps {
+        /* hardware time stamp transformed into duration
+         * since arbitrary point in time
+         */
+        ktime_t hwtstamp;
+        ktime_t syststamp; /* hwtstamp transformed to system time base */
+};
 
 Time stamps for outgoing packets are to be generated as follows:
-- In hard_start_xmit(), check if skb_hwtstamp_check_tx_hardware()
-  returns non-zero. If yes, then the driver is expected
-  to do hardware time stamping.
+- In hard_start_xmit(), check if skb_tx(skb)->hardware is set no-zero.
+  If yes, then the driver is expected to do hardware time stamping.
 - If this is possible for the skb and requested, then declare
-  that the driver is doing the time stamping by calling
-  skb_hwtstamp_tx_in_progress(). A driver not supporting
-  hardware time stamping doesn't do that. A driver must never
-  touch sk_buff::tstamp! It is used to store how time stamping
-  for an outgoing packets is to be done.
+  that the driver is doing the time stamping by setting the field
+  skb_tx(skb)->in_progress non-zero. You might want to keep a pointer
+  to the associated skb for the next step and not free the skb. A driver
+  not supporting hardware time stamping doesn't do that. A driver must
+  never touch sk_buff::tstamp! It is used to store software generated
+  time stamps by the network subsystem.
 - As soon as the driver has sent the packet and/or obtained a
   hardware time stamp for it, it passes the time stamp back by
   calling skb_hwtstamp_tx() with the original skb, the raw
-  hardware time stamp and a handle to the device (necessary
-  to convert the hardware time stamp to system time). If obtaining
-  the hardware time stamp somehow fails, then the driver should
-  not fall back to software time stamping. The rationale is that
-  this would occur at a later time in the processing pipeline
-  than other software time stamping and therefore could lead
-  to unexpected deltas between time stamps.
-- If the driver did not call skb_hwtstamp_tx_in_progress(), then
+  hardware time stamp. skb_hwtstamp_tx() clones the original skb and
+  adds the timestamps, therefore the original skb has to be freed now.
+  If obtaining the hardware time stamp somehow fails, then the driver
+  should not fall back to software time stamping. The rationale is that
+  this would occur at a later time in the processing pipeline than other
+  software time stamping and therefore could lead to unexpected deltas
+  between time stamps.
+- If the driver did not call set skb_tx(skb)->in_progress, then
   dev_hard_start_xmit() checks whether software time stamping
   is wanted as fallback and potentially generates the time stamp.
diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
index 10abd3773e49..16feda901469 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void transfer(int fd)
         };
 
         ret = ioctl(fd, SPI_IOC_MESSAGE(1), &tr);
-        if (ret == 1)
+        if (ret < 1)
                 pabort("can't send spi message");
 
         for (ret = 0; ret < ARRAY_SIZE(tx); ret++) {
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 5effa5bd993b..e213f45cf9d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
  - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
    whitespace cleanups, etc).
  - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.
- - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree.  Quote the
-   respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable.
+ - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
 
 
 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
 
  - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
-   stable@kernel.org.
- - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the
-   the tag
+   stable@kernel.org.  You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog
+   of your submission.
+ - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag
      Cc: stable@kernel.org
    in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
    the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author