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* IPMI: Add the document description of ipmi_get_smi_infoZhao Yakui2010-12-14
| | | | | | | | Add the document description about how to use ipmi_get_smi_info. Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt: fix ->repeasepage() descriptionAndrew Morton2010-12-02
| | | | | | | | | ->releasepage() does not remove the page from the mapping. Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'driver-core-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-12-02
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 * 'driver-core-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: uio: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch driver core: prune docs about device_interface driver core: the development tree has switched to git
| * driver core: prune docs about device_interfaceBrandon Philips2010-11-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | drivers/base/intf.c was removed before the beginning of (git) time but its Documentation stuck around. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Merge branch 'rbd-sysfs' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-12-02
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client * 'rbd-sysfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client: rbd: replace the rbd sysfs interface
| * | rbd: replace the rbd sysfs interfaceYehuda Sadeh2010-12-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The new interface creates directories per mapped image and under each it creates a subdir per available snapshot. This allows keeping a cleaner interface within the sysfs guidelines. The ABI documentation was updated too. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Yehuda Sadeh <yehuda@hq.newdream.net> Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>
* | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds2010-11-29
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (27 commits) af_unix: limit recursion level pch_gbe driver: The wrong of initializer entry pch_gbe dreiver: chang author ucc_geth: fix ucc halt problem in half duplex mode inet: Fix __inet_inherit_port() to correctly increment bsockets and num_owners ehea: Add some info messages and fix an issue hso: fix disable_net NET: wan/x25_asy, move lapb_unregister to x25_asy_close_tty cxgb4vf: fix setting unicast/multicast addresses ... net, ppp: Report correct error code if unit allocation failed DECnet: don't leak uninitialized stack byte au1000_eth: fix invalid address accessing the MAC enable register dccp: fix error in updating the GAR tcp: restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale (#20312) netns: Don't leak others' openreq-s in proc Net: ceph: Makefile: Remove unnessary code vhost/net: fix rcu check usage econet: fix CVE-2010-3848 econet: fix CVE-2010-3850 econet: disallow NULL remote addr for sendmsg(), fixes CVE-2010-3849 ...
| * | | tcp: restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale (#20312)Alexey Dobriyan2010-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tcp_win_from_space() does the following: if (sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale <= 0) return space >> (-sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale); else return space - (space >> sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale); "space" is int. As per C99 6.5.7 (3) shifting int for 32 or more bits is undefined behaviour. Indeed, if sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale is exactly 32, space >> 32 equals space and function returns 0. Which means we busyloop in tcp_fixup_rcvbuf(). Restrict net.ipv4.tcp_adv_win_scale to [-31, 31]. Fix https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20312 Steps to reproduce: echo 32 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_adv_win_scale wget www.kernel.org [softlockup] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | | | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bpLinus Torvalds2010-11-29
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp: EDAC: Fix typos in Documentation/edac.txt EDAC, MCE: Fix edac_init_mce_inject error handling EDAC: Remove deprecated kbuild goal definitions
| * | | | EDAC: Fix typos in Documentation/edac.txtRaoul Bhatia2010-11-25
| | |/ / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix trivial typos in edac.txt Signed-off-by: Raoul Bhatia <r.bhatia@ipax.at> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
* | | | Merge branch 'fbdev-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-11-24
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/fbdev-2.6 * 'fbdev-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/fbdev-2.6: sisfb: delete osdef.h sisfb: move the CONFIG warning to sis_main.c sisfb: replace SiS_SetMemory with memset_io sisfb: remove InPort/OutPort wrappers sisfb: use CONFIG_FB_SIS_301/315 instead of SIS301/315H sisfb: delete redudant #define SIS_LINUX_KERNEL sisfb: delete dead SIS_XORG_XF86 code sisfb: delete fallback code for pci_map_rom() sisfb: delete obsolete PCI ROM bug workaround fbdev: Update documentation index file. lxfb: Program panel v/h sync output polarity correctly fbcmap: integer overflow bug fbcmap: cleanup white space in fb_alloc_cmap() MAINTAINERS: Add fbdev patchwork entry, tidy up file patterns. fbdev: da8xx: punt duplicated FBIO_WAITFORVSYNC define fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdcfb: fix bug in reconfig()
| * | | | fbdev: Update documentation index file.Vicente Jimenez Aguilar2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a simple update of the file Documentation/fb/00-INDEX based on the directory content. Signed-off-by: Vicente Jimenez Aguilar <googuy@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
* | | | | Merge branch 'sh-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-11-24
|\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 * 'sh-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: sh: clkfwk: Build fix for non-legacy CPG changes. sh: Use GCC __builtin_prefetch() to implement prefetch(). sh: fix vsyscall compilation due to .eh_frame issue sh: avoid to flush all cache in sys_cacheflush sh: clkfwk: Disable init clk op for non-legacy clocks. sh: clkfwk: Kill off now unused algo_id in set_rate op. sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex().
| * \ \ \ \ Merge branch 'common/clkfwk' into sh-fixes-for-linusPaul Mundt2010-11-15
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| | * | | | sh: clkfwk: Kill off unused clk_set_rate_ex().Paul Mundt2010-11-15
| | | |_|/ | | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With the refactoring of the SH7722 clock framework some time ago this abstraction has become unecessary. Kill it off before anyone else gets the bright idea to start using it. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
* | | | | cgroups: make swap accounting default behavior configurableMichal Hocko2010-11-24
| |_|/ / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Swap accounting can be configured by CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP configuration option and then it is turned on by default. There is a boot option (noswapaccount) which can disable this feature. This makes it hard for distributors to enable the configuration option as this feature leads to a bigger memory consumption and this is a no-go for general purpose distribution kernel. On the other hand swap accounting may be very usuful for some workloads. This patch adds a new configuration option which controls the default behavior (CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED). If the option is selected then the feature is turned on by default. It also adds a new boot parameter swapaccount[=1|0] which enhances the original noswapaccount parameter semantic by means of enable/disable logic (defaults to 1 if no value is provided to be still consistent with noswapaccount). The default behavior is unchanged (if CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP is enabled then CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED is enabled as well) Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Acked-by: Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@mxp.nes.nec.co.jp> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Documentation/development-process: more staging infoAndres Salomon2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Document things that I would've liked to have known when submitting a driver to gregkh for staging. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Documentation/development-process: use -next trees instead of stagingAndres Salomon2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is confusing, as we have "staging" trees for drivers/staging. Call them -next trees. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Documentation: change email address for Hans KochHans J. Koch2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | My old mail address doesn't exist anymore. This changes all occurrences to my new address. Signed-off-by: Hans J. Koch <hjk@hansjkoch.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Documentation/gpio.txt: explain poll/select usageBernhard Walle2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a bit more information how to use poll(2) on GPIO value files correctly. For me it was not clear that I need to poll(2) for POLLPRI|POLLERR or select(2) for exceptfds. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <walle@corscience.de> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Documentation: make configfs example code simpler, clearerDan Carpenter2010-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If "p" is NULL then it will cause an oops when we pass it to simple_strtoul(). In this case "p" can not be NULL so I removed the check. I also changed the check a little to make it more explicit that we are testing whether p points to the NUL char. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-11-16
|\ \ \ \ | |/ / / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 * 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: PM / PM QoS: Fix reversed min and max PM / OPP: Hide OPP configuration when SoCs do not provide an implementation PM: Allow devices to be removed during late suspend and early resume
| * | | PM / OPP: Hide OPP configuration when SoCs do not provide an implementationMark Brown2010-11-10
| |/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since the OPP API is only useful with an appropraite SoC-specific implementation there is no point in offering the ability to enable the API on general systems. Provide an ARCH_HAS OPP Kconfig symbol which masks out the option unless selected by an implementation. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Acked-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@ti.com> Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@deeprootsystems.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
* | | Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-11-15
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h> i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata
| * | | i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecatedJean Delvare2010-11-15
| | |/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's about time to make it clear that i2c_adapter.id is deprecated. Hopefully this will remind the last user to move over to a different strategy. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
* | | Merge branch 'fbdev-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-11-15
|\ \ \ | |/ / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/fbdev-2.6 * 'fbdev-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/fbdev-2.6: fsl-diu-fb: drop dead ioctl define MAINTAINERS: Add an fbdev git tree entry. OMAP: DSS: Fix documentation regarding 'vram' kernel parameter OMAP: VRAM: Fix boot-time memory allocation OMAP: VRAM: improve VRAM error prints sisfb: limit POST memory test according to PCI resource length fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: use correct number of modes, when using the default fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: use the standard CEA-861 720p timing fbdev: sh_mobile_hdmi: properly clean up modedb on monitor unplug
| * | OMAP: DSS: Fix documentation regarding 'vram' kernel parameterTomi Valkeinen2010-11-10
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The DSS documentation didn't mention the option to give the VRAM start address. Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
* | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds2010-11-12
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (66 commits) can-bcm: fix minor heap overflow gianfar: Do not call device_set_wakeup_enable() under a spinlock ipv6: Warn users if maximum number of routes is reached. docs: Add neigh/gc_thresh3 and route/max_size documentation. axnet_cs: fix resume problem for some Ax88790 chip ipv6: addrconf: don't remove address state on ifdown if the address is being kept tcp: Don't change unlocked socket state in tcp_v4_err(). x25: Prevent crashing when parsing bad X.25 facilities cxgb4vf: add call to Firmware to reset VF State. cxgb4vf: Fail open if link_start() fails. cxgb4vf: flesh out PCI Device ID Table ... cxgb4vf: fix some errors in Gather List to skb conversion cxgb4vf: fix bug in Generic Receive Offload cxgb4vf: don't implement trivial (and incorrect) ndo_select_queue() ixgbe: Look inside vlan when determining offload protocol. bnx2x: Look inside vlan when determining checksum proto. vlan: Add function to retrieve EtherType from vlan packets. virtio-net: init link state correctly ucc_geth: Fix deadlock ucc_geth: Do not bring the whole IF down when TX failure. ...
| * | docs: Add neigh/gc_thresh3 and route/max_size documentation.Ben Greear2010-11-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds2010-11-12
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits) block: remove unused copy_io_context() Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2) ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland block: read i_size with i_size_read() cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data() block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov() cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions cciss: fix board status waiting code drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code ...
| * | | Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler infoRandy Dunlap2010-11-11
| | |/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove anticipatory block I/O scheduler info from Documentation/ since the code has been deleted. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Reported-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
* | | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfsLinus Torvalds2010-11-12
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: xfs: remove incorrect assert in xfs_vm_writepage xfs: use hlist_add_fake xfs: fix a few compiler warnings with CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=n xfs: tell lockdep about parent iolock usage in filestreams xfs: move delayed write buffer trace xfs: fix per-ag reference counting in inode reclaim tree walking xfs: xfs_ioctl: fix information leak to userland xfs: remove experimental tag from the delaylog option
| * | | xfs: remove experimental tag from the delaylog optionChristoph Hellwig2010-11-10
| |/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We promised to do this for 2.6.37, and the code looks stable enough to keep that promise. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
* | | Documentation: led drivers lp5521 and lp5523Samu Onkalo2010-11-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Create sub directory Documentation/leds and add short documentation for LP5521 and LP5523 drivers. Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | led-class: always implement blinkingJohannes Berg2010-11-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, blinking LEDs can be awkward because it is not guaranteed that all LEDs implement blinking. The trigger that wants it to blink then needs to implement its own timer solution. Rather than require that, add led_blink_set() API that triggers can use. This function will attempt to use hw blinking, but if that fails implements a timer for it. To stop blinking again, brightness_set() also needs to be wrapped into API that will stop the software blink. As a result of this, the timer trigger becomes a very trivial one, and hopefully we can finally see triggers using blinking as well because it's always easy to use. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslogDan Rosenberg2010-11-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The kernel syslog contains debugging information that is often useful during exploitation of other vulnerabilities, such as kernel heap addresses. Rather than futilely attempt to sanitize hundreds (or thousands) of printk statements and simultaneously cripple useful debugging functionality, it is far simpler to create an option that prevents unprivileged users from reading the syslog. This patch, loosely based on grsecurity's GRKERNSEC_DMESG, creates the dmesg_restrict sysctl. When set to "0", the default, no restrictions are enforced. When set to "1", only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can read the kernel syslog via dmesg(8) or other mechanisms. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: explain the config option in kernel.txt] Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | oom: document obsolete oom_adj tunableDavid Rientjes2010-11-12
|/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /proc/pid/oom_adj was deprecated in August 2010 with the introduction of the new oom killer heuristic. This patch copies the Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt entry for this tunable to the Documentation/ABI/obsolete directory so nobody misses it. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Reported-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | Merge branch 'i2c-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-10-31
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging * 'i2c-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging: i2c-i801: Add PCI idents for Patsburg 'IDF' SMBus controllers i2c-i801: Handle multiple instances instead of keeping global state i2c-i801: Add Intel Patsburg device ID i2c: Drop unused I2C_CLASS_TV flags
| * | i2c-i801: Add PCI idents for Patsburg 'IDF' SMBus controllersDavid Woodhouse2010-10-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | These are the extra 'Integrated Device Function' SMBus controllers found on the Patsburg chipset. Mention the absence of slave mode support. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
| * | i2c-i801: Add Intel Patsburg device IDSeth Heasley2010-10-31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add support for the Intel Patsburg PCH SMBus Controller. Signed-off-by: Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
* | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds2010-10-31
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (70 commits) [SCSI] pmcraid: add support for set timestamp command and other fixes [SCSI] pmcraid: remove duplicate struct member [SCSI] qla4xxx: Fix cmd check in qla4xxx_cmd_wait [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Version and documentation update [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add three times Online controller reset [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Add input parameter for max_sectors [SCSI] megaraid_sas: support devices update flag [SCSI] libosd: write/read_sg_kern API [SCSI] libosd: Support for scatter gather write/read commands [SCSI] libosd: Free resources in reverse order of allocation [SCSI] libosd: Fix bug in attr_page handling [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Update lpfc driver version to 8.3.18 [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add new WQE support [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Fix critical errors [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Adapter Shutdown and Unregistration cleanup [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add logic to detect last devloss timeout [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: Add support of received ELS commands [SCSI] lpfc 8.3.18: FC/FCoE Discovery fixes [SCSI] ipr: add definitions for a new adapter [SCSI] bfa: fix comments for c files ...
| * | | [SCSI] megaraid_sas: Version and documentation updateYang, Bo2010-10-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by Bo Yang <bo.yang@lsi.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
* | | | locks: remove fl_copy_lock lock_manager operationChristoph Hellwig2010-10-31
| |/ / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This one was only used for a nasty hack in nfsd, which has recently been removed. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-10-29
|\ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb: kgdb,ppc: Individual register get/set for ppc kgdbts: prevent re-entry to kgdbts before it unregisters debug_core,x86,blackfin: Clean up hw debug disable API kdb: Fix early debugging crash regression kgdb,arm: fix register dump kdb: fix per_cpu command to remove supress mask kdb: Add kdb kernel module sample
| * | | kdb: Add kdb kernel module sampleJason Wessel2010-10-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add an example of how to add a dynamic kdb shell command via a kernel module. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
* | | | Merge branch 'misc' of ↵Linus Torvalds2010-10-28
|\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 * 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: (39 commits) Revert "namespace: add source file location exceptions" Coccinelle: Add contextual message Coccinelle: Fix documentation Coccinelle: Find doubled arguments to boolean or bit operators. Coccinelle: Find nested lock+irqsave functions that use the same flags variables. namespace: add source file location exceptions scripts/extract-ikconfig: add support for bzip2, lzma and lzo kbuild: check return value of asprintf() scripts/namespace.pl: improve to get more correct results scripts/namespace.pl: some bug fixes scripts/namespace.pl: update file exclusion list scripts/namespace.pl: fix wrong source path Coccinelle: Use the -no_show_diff option for org and report mode Coccinelle: Add a new mode named 'chain' Coccinelle: Use new comment format to explain kfree.cocci Coccinelle: Improve user information with a new kind of comment Coccinelle: Update documentation MAINTAINERS: Coccinelle: Update email address Documentation/kbuild: modules.txt cleanup Documentation/kbuild: major edit of modules.txt sections 5-8 ...
| * | | | Coccinelle: Fix documentationNicolas Palix2010-10-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A file used as example has been moved elsewhere. Update the documentation accordingly Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@gmail.com> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
| * | | | Merge commit 'v2.6.36' into kbuild/miscMichal Marek2010-10-27
| |\ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update to be able to fix a recent change to scripts/basic/docproc.c (commit eda603f).
| * | | | | Coccinelle: Update documentationNicolas Palix2010-10-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add information about use of the C={1,2} make flag - Add a description of the new chain mode mechanism - Add a link to the wiki Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix.work@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
| * | | | | Documentation/kbuild: modules.txt cleanupmatt mooney2010-10-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A few modifications done for consistency, such as adding the shell prompt for command line examples and trailing slash for directories. Also corrects the module include header and fixes a few grammar issues that I introduced. Signed-off-by: matt mooney <mfm@muteddisk.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>