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* [PATCH] sound/oss/: cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | This patch contains cleanups including the following: - make needlessly global code static Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/char/isicom.c: section fixesAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the following bugs: - __exit unregister_ioregion and unregister_drivers were called by __init isicom_init - __init isicom_init was called by __devinit isicom_setup Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] selinux: kfree cleanupJesper Juhl2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | kfree(NULL) is legal. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/scsi/initio.c: cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following cleanups: - make needlessly global code static - remove or #if 0 the following unused functions: - tul_pop_pend_scb - tul_device_reset - tul_reset_scsi_bus Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] remove redundant NULL checks before kfree() in sound/ and avoid ↵Jesper Juhl2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | casting pointers about to be kfree()'ed Checking a pointer for NULL before calling kfree() on it is redundant, kfree() deals with NULL pointers just fine. This patch removes such checks from sound/ This patch also makes another, but closely related, change. It avoids casting pointers about to be kfree()'ed. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] get rid of redundant NULL checks before kfree() in arch/i386/Jesper Juhl2005-06-25
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] remove redundant NULL check before before kfree() in kernel/sysctl.cJesper Juhl2005-06-25
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] small partitions/msdos cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes the following changes to the msdos partition code: - remove CONFIG_NEC98_PARTITION leftovers - make parse_bsd static This patch was already ACK'ed by Andries Brouwer. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] arch/i386/crypto/aes.c: fix sparse warningsDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] arch/i386/mm/fault.c: fix sparse warningsDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] arch/i386/kernel/apm.c: fix sparse warningsDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] arch/i386/kernel/traps.c: fix sparse warningsDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] init/do_mounts_initrd.c: fix sparse warningDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kernel/timer: fix msleep_interruptible() commentDomen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | The comment for msleep_interruptible() is wrong, as it will ignore wait-queue events, but will wake up early for signals. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] char/tty_io: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()Domen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | Use msleep_interruptible() instead of schedule_timeout() in send_break() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Change @duration's units to milliseconds, and modify arguments in callers appropriately. Patch is compile-tested. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] char/ds1620: use msleep() instead of schedule_timeout()Domen Puncer2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not sure why any driver needs to sleep for *two* ticks, so let's fix it. Use msleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Signals are never checked for by the callers or in the function itself, so use TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE instead of TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. The delay is presumed to have been written when HZ==100, and thus has been multiplied by 10 to pass to msleep(). Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] riotty.c cleanups and warning fixM.Baris Demiray2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Fix a bunch of whitespace oddities and use `unsigned long' for a jiffies-holding variable. Signed-off-by: M.Baris Demiray <baris@labristeknoloji.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] au1100fb: convert to C99 inits.randy_dunlap2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | au1100: use C99 struct init. Signed-off-by: randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86-64: add memcpy/memset prototypesrandy_dunlap2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Put function prototypes for memset() and memcpy() ahead of where there are used, to kill sparse warnings: arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:317:3: warning: undefined identifier 'memset' arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:601:11: warning: undefined identifier 'memcpy' arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c:151:2: warning: undefined identifier 'memcpy' arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:317:3: warning: call with no type! arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:601:17: warning: call with no type! arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c:151:9: warning: call with no type! Signed-off-by: randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/isdn/act2000/capi.c: #if 0 an unused functionAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | This patch #if 0's an unused function. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/isdn/hardware/avm/: misc cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following cleanups: - make some needlessly global functions static - b1dma.c __init/__exit the functions b1dma_{init,exit} Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] unexport mca_find_device_by_slotAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | I didn't find any possible modular usage of mca_find_device_by_slot in the kernel, and this patch therefore removes the EXPORT_SYMBOL. This patch should be safe since mca-legacy is nothing drivers should move to. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/isdn/i4l/: possible cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following possible cleanups: - make needlessly global code static - remove the following unused global function: - isdn_audio.c: isdn_audio_2adpcm_flush - remove the following unused struct: - isdn_net.c: isdn_concap_demand_dial_dops Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/isdn/pcbit/: possible cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following possible cleanups: - make some needlessly global functions static - remove the following unused global functions: - callbacks.c: cb_out_3 - capi.c: capi_decode_disc_conf Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/isdn/sc/: possible cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the following possible cleanips: - make some needlessly global code static - remove the compiled but completely unused debug.c - remove or #if 0 the following unused global functions: - command.c: loopback - command.c: loadproc - init.c: irq_supported - packet.c: print_skb - shmem.c: memset_shmem - timer.c: trace_timer Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpufreq: governors documentation fixesNico Golde2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | I corrected a small error and enhanced the govenor.txt file with the ondemand daemon because the kernel configs link to the documentation but ondemand wasn't documentated. Feel free to include the patch in the attachment. Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbdev: remove unneeded fbsysfs printkJon Smirl2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | Remove unneeded fbsysfs printk. Signed-off-by: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] font selection Kconfig fixesJurriaan on adsl-gate2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | We're accidentally selecting the new fonts by default. Don't. Signed-off-by: Jurriaan Kalkman <thunder7@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix vesafb/mtrr scaling problem.Dave Jones2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vesafb will do really silly things like.. mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,8000000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,4000000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,2000000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,1000000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,800000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,400000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,200000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,100000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,80000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,40000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,20000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,10000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,8000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,4000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,2000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: type mismatch for e0000000,1000 old: write-back new: write-combining mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x800 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x400 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x200 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x100 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x80 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x40 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x20 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x10 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x8 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x4 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x2 base: 0xe0000000 mtrr: size and base must be multiples of 4 kiB mtrr: size: 0x1 base: 0xe0000000 Stop scaling down at PAGE_SIZE. Also fix up some broken indentation. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kexec code cleanupManeesh Soni2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | o Following patch provides purely cosmetic changes and corrects CodingStyle guide lines related certain issues like below in kexec related files o braces for one line "if" statements, "for" loops, o more than 80 column wide lines, o No space after "while", "for" and "switch" key words o Changes: o take-2: Removed the extra tab before "case" key words. o take-3: Put operator at the end of line and space before "*/" Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Save trap information for later analysisAlexander Nyberg2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If we are faulting in kernel it is quite possible this will lead to a panic. Save trap number, cr2 (in case of page fault) and error_code in the current thread (these fields already exist for signal delivery but are not used here). This helps later kdump crash analyzing from user-space (a script has been submitted to dig this info out in gdb). Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com> Cc: <fastboot@lists.osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Use real pt_regs from exceptionAlexander Nyberg2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Makes kexec_crashdump() take a pt_regs * as an argument. This allows to get exact register state at the point of the crash. If we come from direct panic assertion NULL will be passed and the current registers saved before crashdump. This hooks into two places: die(): check the conditions under which we will panic when calling do_exit and go there directly with the pt_regs that caused the fatal fault. die_nmi(): If we receive an NMI lockup while in the kernel use the pt_regs and go directly to crash_kexec(). We're probably nested up badly at this point so this might be the only chance to escape with proper information. Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: sysrq trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumpsHariprasad Nellitheertha2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Add a sysrq-trigger mechanism for kexec based crashdumps. Alt-Sysrq-c triggers a kexec based crashdump. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: cleanups for dump file access in linear raw formatVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Removed the dependency on backup region. Now all the information is encoded in ELF format. /dev/oldmem is a dummy interface. User space tool need to be intelligent enough to parse the elf headers and read the relevant memory areas with the help of /dev/oldmem. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Accessing dump file in linear raw format (/dev/oldmem)Vivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> This patch contains the code that enables us to access the previous kernel's memory as /dev/oldmem. Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Parse elf32 headers and export through /proc/vmcoreVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | o Adds support for parsing core ELF32 headers. o I am expecting ELF32 support to go away down the line. This patch has been introduced for testing purposes as gdb can not parse ELF64 headers for i386. When a decent user space solution is available, ELF32 support can go away. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Access dump file in elf format (/proc/vmcore)Vivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: "Vivek Goyal" <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> o Support for /proc/vmcore interface. This interface exports elf core image either in ELF32 or ELF64 format, depending on the format in which elf headers have been stored by crashed kernel. o Added support for CONFIG_VMCORE config option. o Removed the dependency on /proc/kcore. From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> This patch has been refactored to more closely match the prevailing style in the affected files. And to clearly indicate the dependency between /proc/kcore and proc/vmcore.c From: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> This patch contains the code that provides an ELF format interface to the previous kernel's memory post kexec reboot. Signed off by Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Retrieve elfcorehdr address from command lineVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for retrieving the address of elf core header if one is passed in command line. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Routines for copying dump pagesVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch provides the interfaces necessary to read the dump contents, treating it as a high memory device. Signed off by Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: KconfigVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | - config option CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP - Made it dependent on HIGHMEM. This is required as capture kernel treats the previous kernel's memory as high memmory and stitches a PTE for accessing it. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Retrieve saved max pfnVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch retrieves the max_pfn being used by previous kernel and stores it in a safe location (saved_max_pfn) before it is overwritten due to user defined memory map. This pfn is used to make sure that user does not try to read the physical memory beyond saved_max_pfn. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump documentation update to introduce use of irqpollVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | o Specify "irqpoll" command line option which loading second kernel. This helps in reducing driver initialization failures in second kernel due to shared interrupts. o Enabled LAPIC/IOAPIC support for UP kernels in second kernel. This reduces the chances of devices sharing the irq and hence reduces the chances of driver initialization failures in second kernel. o Build a UP capture kernel and disabled SMP support. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: Documentation for KdumpVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch contains the documentation for the kexec based crash dump tool. Quick kdump-howto ================================================================ 1) Download and build kexec-tools. 2) Download and build the latest kexec/kdump (-mm) kernel patchset. Two kernels need to be built in order to get this feature working. A) First kernel: a) Enable "kexec system call" feature: CONFIG_KEXEC=y b) Physical load address (use default): CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x100000 c) Enable "sysfs file system support": CONFIG_SYSFS=y d) Boot into first kernel with the command line parameter "crashkernel=Y@X": For example: "crashkernel=64M@16M". B) Second kernel: a) Enable "kernel crash dumps" feature: CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y b) Physical load addreess, use same load address as X in "crashkernel" kernel parameter in d) above, e.g., 16 MB or 0x1000000. CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x1000000 c) Enable "/proc/vmcore support" (Optional, in Pseudo filesystems). CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=y 3) Boot into the first kernel. 4) Load the second kernel to be booted using: kexec -p <second-kernel> --crash-dump --args-linux --append="root=<root-dev> maxcpus=1 init 1" 5) System reboots into the second kernel when a panic occurs. A module can be written to force the panic, for testing purposes. 6) See Documentation/kdump.txt for how to read the first kernel's memory image and how to analyze it. Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: randy_dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kexec: Kexec on panic fix with nmi watchdog enabledVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | o Problem: Kexec on panic hangs if first kernel is booted with nmi_watchdog command line parameter. This problem occurs because kexec crash shutdown code replaces the NMI callback handler. This handler saves the cpu register states and halts the cpu. If system is booted with nmi_watchdog parameter, then crashing cpu also runs this nmi handler and halts itself. o This patch fixes the problem by keeping a track of crashing cpu and not executing the new nmi handler on crashing cpu. o There is a dependence on smp_processor_id() function which might return insane value for cpu, if cpu field of thread_info is corrupted. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: NMI handler segment selector, stack pointer fixVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | CPU does not save ss and esp on stack if execution was already in kernel mode at the time of NMI occurrence. This leads to saving of erractic values for ss and esp. This patch fixes the issue. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kdump: Export crash notes section address through sysfsVivek Goyal2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | o Following patch exports kexec global variable "crash_notes" to user space through sysfs as kernel attribute in /sys/kernel. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kexec: s390 supportHeiko Carstens2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add kexec support for s390 architecture. From: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> - Fix passing of first argument to relocate_kernel assembly. - Fix Kconfig description. - Remove wrong comment and comments that describe obvious things. - Allow only KEXEC_TYPE_DEFAULT as image type -> dump not supported. Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc64: kexec support for ppc64R Sharada2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch implements the kexec support for ppc64 platforms. A couple of notes: 1) We copy the pages in virtual mode, using the full base kernel and a statically allocated stack. At kexec_prepare time we scan the pages and if any overlap our (0, _end[]) range we return -ETXTBSY. On PowerPC 64 systems running in LPAR (logical partitioning) mode, only a small region of memory, referred to as the RMO, can be accessed in real mode. Since Linux runs with only one zone of memory in the memory allocator, and it can be orders of magnitude more memory than the RMO, looping until we allocate pages in the source region is not feasible. Copying in virtual means we don't have to write a hash table generation and call hypervisor to insert translations, instead we rely on the pinned kernel linear mapping. The kernel already has move to linked location built in, so there is no requirement to load it at 0. If we want to load something other than a kernel, then a stub can be written to copy a linear chunk in real mode. 2) The start entry point gets passed parameters from the kernel. Slaves are started at a fixed address after copying code from the entry point. All CPUs get passed their firmware assigned physical id in r3 (most calling conventions use this register for the first argument). This is used to distinguish each CPU from all other CPUs. Since firmware is not around, there is no other way to obtain this information other than to pass it somewhere. A single CPU, referred to here as the master and the one executing the kexec call, branches to start with the address of start in r4. While this can be calculated, we have to load it through a gpr to branch to this point so defining the register this is contained in is free. A stack of unspecified size is available at r1 (also common calling convention). All remaining running CPUs are sent to start at absolute address 0x60 after copying the first 0x100 bytes from start to address 0. This convention was chosen because it matches what the kernel has been doing itself. (only gpr3 is defined). Note: This is not quite the convention of the kexec bootblock v2 in the kernel. A stub has been written to convert between them, and we may adjust the kernel in the future to allow this directly without any stub. 3) Destination pages can be placed anywhere, even where they would not be accessible in real mode. This will allow us to place ram disks above the RMO if we choose. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Signed-off-by: R Sharada <sharada@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc64 kexec: native hash clearR Sharada2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | Add code to clear the hash table and invalidate the tlb for native (SMP, non-LPAR) mode. Supports 16M and 4k pages. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Signed-off-by: R Sharada <sharada@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kexec: kexec ppc supportEric W. Biederman2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I have tweaked this patch slightly to handle an empty list of pages to relocate passed to relocate_new_kernel. And I have added ppc_md.machine_crash_shutdown. To keep up with the changes in the generic kexec infrastructure. From: Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> The following patch adds support for kexec on the ppc32 platform. Non-OpenFirmware based platforms are likely to work directly without additional changes on the kernel side. The kexec-tools userland package may need to be slightly updated, though. For OpenFirmware based machines, additional work is still needed on the kernel side before kexec support is ready. Benjamin Herrenschmidt is kindly working on that part. In order for a ppc platform to use the kexec kernel services it must implement some ppc_md hooks. Otherwise, kexec will be explicitly disabled, as suggested by benh. There are 3+1 new ppc_md hooks that a platform supporting kexec may implement. Two of them are mandatory for kexec to work. See include/asm-ppc/machdep.h for details. - machine_kexec_prepare(image) This function is called to make any arrangements to the image before it is loaded. This hook _MUST_ be provided by a platform in order to activate kexec support for that platform. Otherwise, the platform is considered to not support kexec and the kexec_load system call will fail (that makes all existing platforms by default non-kexec'able). - machine_kexec_cleanup(image) This function is called to make any cleanups on image after the loaded image data it is freed. This hook is optional. A platform may or may not provide this hook. - machine_kexec(image) This function is called to perform the _actual_ kexec. This hook _MUST_ be provided by a platform in order to activate kexec support for that platform. If a platform provides machine_kexec_prepare but forgets to provide machine_kexec, a kexec will fall back to a reboot. A ready-to-use machine_kexec_simple() generic function is provided to, hopefully, simplify kexec adoption for embedded platforms. A platform may call this function from its specific machine_kexec hook, like this: void myplatform_kexec(struct kimage *image) { machine_kexec_simple(image); } - machine_shutdown() This function is called to perform any machine specific shutdowns, not already done by drivers. This hook is optional. A platform may or may not provide this hook. An example (trimmed) platform specific module for a platform supporting kexec through the existing machine_kexec_simple follows: /* ... */ #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC int myplatform_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image) { /* here, we can place additional preparations */ return 0; /* yes, we support kexec */ } void myplatform_kexec(struct kimage *image) { machine_kexec_simple(image); } #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */ /* ... */ void __init platform_init(unsigned long r3, unsigned long r4, unsigned long r5, unsigned long r6, unsigned long r7) { /* ... */ #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC ppc_md.machine_kexec_prepare = myplatform_kexec_prepare; ppc_md.machine_kexec = myplatform_kexec; #endif /* CONFIG_KEXEC */ /* ... */ } The kexec ppc kernel support has been heavily tested on the GameCube Linux port, and, as reported in the fastboot mailing list, it has been tested too on a Moto 82xx ppc by Rick Richardson. Signed-off-by: Albert Herranz <albert_herranz@yahoo.es> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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