Merge commit 'v2.6.35-rc4' into perf/core

Merge reason: Pick up the latest perf fixes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

10 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/agp_backend.h b/include/linux/agp_backend.h
index 9101ed64f803..09ea4a1e9505 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 aee5f6ce166e..9ae2889096b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ 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/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 73dcf804bc94..0da5b187f124 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 94dea3ffbfa1..fcfa5b9a4317 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 30da4ae48972..b8d2516668aa 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 b3cd4de9432b..52c0da4bdd18 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/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 907ace3a64c8..8e5a9dfb76bf 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 */
 #define FBINFO_MISC_TILEBLITTING       0x20000 /* use tile blitting */
-#define FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE           0x40000 /* a replaceable firmware
-                                                  inited framebuffer */
 
 /* A driver may set this flag to indicate that it does want a set_par to be
  * called every time when fbcon_switch is executed. The advantage is that with
@@ -801,6 +799,8 @@ struct fb_tile_ops {
  */
 #define FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR   0x40000
 
+/* where the fb is a firmware driver, and can be replaced with a proper one */
+#define FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE        0x80000
 /*
  * Host and GPU endianness differ.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index 8392884a2977..5d57a3a1fa1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -544,6 +544,21 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init(struct list_head *list,
              &pos->member != (head);                                    \
              pos = n, n = list_entry(n->member.prev, typeof(*n), member))
 
+/**
+ * list_safe_reset_next - reset a stale list_for_each_entry_safe loop
+ * @pos:        the loop cursor used in the list_for_each_entry_safe loop
+ * @n:          temporary storage used in list_for_each_entry_safe
+ * @member:     the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ *
+ * list_safe_reset_next is not safe to use in general if the list may be
+ * modified concurrently (eg. the lock is dropped in the loop body). An
+ * exception to this is if the cursor element (pos) is pinned in the list,
+ * and list_safe_reset_next is called after re-taking the lock and before
+ * completing the current iteration of the loop body.
+ */
+#define list_safe_reset_next(pos, n, member)                            \
+        n = list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member)
+
 /*
  * Double linked lists with a single pointer list head.
  * Mostly useful for hash tables where the two pointer list head is
diff --git a/include/linux/pci_ids.h b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
index 4eb467910a45..3bedcc149c84 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci_ids.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci_ids.h
@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP77_IDE       0x0759
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP73_SMBUS     0x07D8
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP79_SMBUS     0x0AA2
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_NVIDIA_NFORCE_MCP89_SATA      0x0D85
 
 #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_IMS               0x10e0
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_IMS_TT128         0x9128
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f118809c953f..747fcaedddb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ extern int nr_proces