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* Merge of rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds2005-05-25
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| * Merge of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/.git/David S. Miller2005-05-25
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| * | [SPARC64]: Add boot option to force UltraSPARC-III P-Cache on.David S. Miller2005-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Older UltraSPARC-III chips have a P-Cache bug that makes us disable it by default at boot time. However, this does hurt performance substantially, particularly with memcpy(), and the bug is _incredibly_ obscure. I have never seen it triggered in practice, ever. So provide a "-P" boot option that forces the P-Cache on. It taints the kernel, so if it does trigger and cause some data corruption or OOPS, we will find out in the logs that this option was on when it happened. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | | [PATCH] x86_64: CONFIG_BUG=n fixesAlexander Nyberg2005-05-25
| |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes some !CONFIG_BUG warnings: include/asm/mmu_context.h: I funktion `switch_mm': include/asm/mmu_context.h:57: varning: implicit declaration of function `out_of_line_bug' Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@telia.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] ppc64 iSeries: fix boot time settingStephen Rothwell2005-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For quite a while, there has existed a hypervisor bug on legacy iSeries which means that we do not get the boot time set in the kernel. This patch works around that bug. This was most noticable when the root partition needed to be checked at every boot as the kernel thought it was some time in 1905 until user mode reset the time correctly. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] ppc64: fix initialisation of gettimeofday calculationsStephen Rothwell2005-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On PPC64, we keep track of when we need to update jiffies (and the variables used to calculate the time of day) based on the time base. If the time base frequence is sufficiently high compared to the processor clock frequency, then it is possible for the time of day variables to be corrupted at the time of the first decrementer interrupt we take. This became obvious on a legacy iSeries where the time base frequency is the same as the processor clock. This one line patch fixes the initialisation so that the time of day variables and the indicator we use to tell when updates are due are better synchronised. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] voyager_smp.c static inline fixDominik Hackl2005-05-24
|/ | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a compile bug by moving a static inline function to the right place. The body of a static inline function has to be declared before the use of this function. Signed-off-by: Dominik Hackl <dominik@hackl.dhs.org> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc64: Fix g5 hw timebase syncBenjamin Herrenschmidt2005-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The hardware sync of the timebase on SMP G5s uses a black magic incantation to the i2c clock chip that was inspired from what Darwin does. However, this was an earlier version of Darwin that was ... buggy ! heh. This causes the latest models to break though when starting SMP, so it's worth fixing. Here's a new version of the incantation based on careful transcription of the said incantations as found in the latest version of apple's temple. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: Fix an off-by-one error in ipic_initKumar Gala2005-05-23
| | | | | | | | | There is an off-by-one error in the IPIC code that configures the external interrupts (Edge or Level Sensitive). Signed-off-by: Randy Vinson <rvinson@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc64: Fix booting on latest G5 modelsBenjamin Herrenschmidt2005-05-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The latest speedbumped Apple G5 models have a "bug" in the Open Firmware device tree that lacks the proper interrupt routing information for the northbridge i2c controller. Apple's driver silently falls back into a sub-optimal "polled" mode (heh, maybe they didn't even notice the bug because of that :), our driver didn't properly check and crashes :( This patch fixes our driver to not crash, and adds code to the prom_init() OF trampoline code that detects the "bug" and adds the missing information back for this chipset revision. This fixes booting and thermal control on these models. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: i386/x86-64: Export cpu_core_mapAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | Needed for the powernow k8 driver for dual core support. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: <mark.langsdorf@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Add option to disable timer checkAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This works around the too fast timer seen on some ATI boards. I don't feel confident enough about it yet to enable it by default, but give users the option. Patch and debugging from Christopher Allen Wing <wingc@engin.umich.edu>, with minor tweaks (renamed the option and documented it) Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Fix 32bit system call restartAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The test case at http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/posixtest/posixtestsuite/conforman ce/interfaces/clock_nanosleep/1-5.c fails if it runs as a 32bit process on x86_86 machines. The root cause is the sub 32bit process fails to restart the syscall after it is interrupted by a signal. The syscall number of sys_restart_syscall in table sys_call_table is __NR_restart_syscall (219) while it's __NR_ia32_restart_syscall (0) in ia32_sys_call_table. When regs->rax==(unsigned long)-ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK, function do_signal doesn't distinguish if the process is 64bit or 32bit, and always sets restart syscall number as __NR_restart_syscall (219). Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i386: Fix race in iounmapAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | We need to hold the vmlist_lock while doing change_page_attr, otherwise we could reset someone else's mapping. Requires previous patch to add __remove_vm_area Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Fixed guard page handling again in iounmapAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Caused oopses again. Also fix potential mismatch in checking if change_page_attr was needed. To do it without races I needed to change mm/vmalloc.c to export a __remove_vm_area that does not take vmlist lock. Noticed by Terence Ripperda and based on a patch of his. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Don't allow accesses below register frame in ptraceAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | There was a "off by one quad word" error in there. I don't think it is exploitable because it will only store into a unused area, but better to plug it. Found and fixed by John Blackwood Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: 386/x86-64 Further AMD dual core fixesAndi Kleen2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | - Remove duplicated ifdef - Make core_id match what Intel uses - Initialize phys_proc_id correctly for non DC case - Handle non power of two core numbers. Fixes for both i386 and x86-64 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: fix CONFIG_TASK_SIZE handling on 44xMatt Porter2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixed CONFIG_TASK_SIZE handling on 44x. Currently head_44x.S hardcodes 0x80000000, which breaks if user chooses to change TASK_SIZE (e.g. for 3G user-space). Tested on Ocotea in 3G/1G configuration. Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net> Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: Fix platform device initialization of 8250 serial portsKumar Gala2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | Initialization of 8250 serial ports that are platform devices require that at empty entry exists in the array of plat_serial8250_port. With out an empty entry we can get some pretty random behavior. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: Change printf to printk in console driverJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | From: Al Viro - we have error messages with KERN_ERR in them, so they should be printk-ed rather than printf-ed. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: fixrange_init 3-level page table supportJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | From: Al Viro - add three-level page table support to fixrange_init. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: Remove ubd-mmap supportJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | Finally rip out the ubd-mmap code, which turned out to be broken by design. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: initrd cleanupJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The serial UML OS-abstraction layer patch (um/kernel dir). This moves all systemcalls from initrd_user.c file under os-Linux dir and join initrd_user.c and initrd_kern.c files in new file initrd.c Signed-off-by: Gennady Sharapov <Gennady.V.Sharapov@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: Export clear_user_*Jeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | From: Oleg Drokin: This patch is needed to support kernel modules that want to use clear_user() (that is exported symbol on all other architectures). Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: multicast driver cleanupJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Byte-swapping of the port and IP address passed in to the multicast driver by the user used to happen in different places, which was a bug in itself. The port also was swapped before being printk-ed, which led to a misleading message. This patch moves the port swapping to the same place as the IP address swapping. It also cleans up the error paths of mcast_open. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: Delay loop cleanupsJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | This patch cleans up the delay implementations a bit, makes the loops unoptimizable, and exports __udelay and __const_udelay. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: Page fault fixesJeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | Any access to a PROT_NONE page should segfault the process. A JVM seems to do this on purpose. Also, Al noticed some bogus code, which is now deleted. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: small fixes left over from rc4Jeff Dike2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some changes that I sent in didn't make 2.6.12-rc4 for some reason. This adds them back. We have an x86_64 definition of TOP_ADDR a reimplementation of the x86_64 csum_partial_copy_from_user some syntax fixes in arch/um/kernel/ptrace.c removal of a CFLAGS definition in the x86_64 Makefile some include changes in the x86_64 ptrace.c and user-offsets.h a syntax fix in elf-x86_64.h Also moved an include in the i386 and x86_64 Makefiles to make the symlinks work, and some small fixes from Al Viro. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Remove some left-over empty filesLinus Torvalds2005-05-20
| | | | | | Hopefully the addition of -E to my applypatch script will mean that I won't have these kinds of leftovers in the future.
* [SPARC64]: Fix bad performance side effect of strbuf timeout changes.David S. Miller2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The recent change to add a timeout to strbuf flushing had a negative performance impact. The udelay()'s are too long, and they were done in the wrong order wrt. the register read checks. Fix both, and things are happy again. There are more possible improvements in this area. In fact, PCI streaming buffer flushing seems to be part of the bottleneck in network receive performance on my SunBlade1000 box. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [PATCH] ppx32: Fix uninitialized variable in set_preferred_consolePaul Mackerras2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | This fixes an uninitialized variable warning in arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c, and this time gcc is actually right, there is a path that could result in offset being uninitialized. Zero is a sane default in this instance. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: Fix __copy_tofrom_user return valuePaul Mackerras2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | Recently the __copy_tofrom_user routine was modified to avoid doing prefetches past the end of the source array. However, in doing so we introduced a bug in that it now returns the wrong value for the number of bytes not copied when a fault is encountered. This fixes it to return the correct number. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: remove unused computationPaul Mackerras2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | We are computing phys in the code below and never using. This patch takes out the redundant computation. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: don't call progress functions after bootPaul Mackerras2005-05-20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On ppc32, the platform code can supply a "progress" function that is used to show progress through the boot. These functions are usually in an init section and so can't be called after the init pages are freed. Now that the cpu bringup code can be called after the system is booted (for hotplug cpu) we can get the situation where the progress function can be called after boot. The simple fix is to set the progress function pointer to NULL when the init pages are freed, and that is what this patch does (note that all callers already check whether the function pointer is NULL before trying to call it). Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Automatic merge of ↵Linus Torvalds2005-05-19
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| * [SPARC64]: Add timeouts to streaming buffer synchronization.David S. Miller2005-05-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If some hardware error occurs and the flush flag never updates, we will hang forever in these routines. Add a timeout, and print out a diagnostic if it is reached. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | [PATCH] fix memory scribble in arch/i386/pci/fixup.cChristoph Lameter2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The GET_INDEX() macro should use just the low three bits of the devfn, otherwise we have a memory scribble in pcie_rootport_aspm_quirk that overwrites ptype_all Fix it to be more careful about its arguments while at it. Acked by Dely Sy <dely.l.sy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] ppc32: enable use of early_paramPaul Mackerras2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We need to call parse_early_param() early on to allow usage of early_param() for command line parsing. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] kill <asm/ioctl32.h>Christoph Hellwig2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | These days <linux/ioctl32.h> handles everything, no need for an asm header on just two architectures. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] alpha/osf_sys: use helper functions to convert between tv and jiffiesNishanth Aravamudan2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use helper functions to convert between timeval structure and jiffies rather than custom logic. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] mips: add resource management to pmuYoichi Yuasa2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch had added resource management to vr41xx's pmu. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Update defconfigAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update defconfig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Don't assume BSP has ID 0 in new smp bootupAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch removes the assumption that LAPIC entries contain the BSP as its first entry. This is a slight improvement to the temporary fix submitted by Suresh Siddha. - Removes assumption that LAPIC entries contain BSP first. - Builds x86_acpiid_to_apicid[] and bios_cpu_apicid[] properly with BSP as first entry. - Made maxcpus=1 boot on these systems. Since the parsing earlier in arch/x86_64/kernel/mpparse.c stopped after maxcpus entries, other entries were not processed, this causes kernel not to boot on these systems. TBD: x86_acpiid_to_apicid and bios_cpu_apicid[] seem to be exactly the same. This could be removed, but might need more work to cleanup. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Collected NMI watchdog fixes.Andi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Collected NMI watchdog fixes. - Fix call of check_nmi_watchdog - Remove earlier move of check_nmi_watchdog to later. It does not fix the race it was supposed to fix fully. - Remove unused P6 definitions - Add support for performance counter based watchdog on P4 systems. This allows to run it only once per second, which saves some CPU time. Previously it would run at 1000Hz, which was too much. Code ported from i386 Make this the default on Intel systems. - Use check_nmi_watchdog with local APIC based nmi - Fix race in touch_nmi_watchdog - Fix bug that caused incorrect performance counters to be programmed in a few cases on K8. - Remove useless check for local APIC - Use local_t and per_cpu variables for per CPU data. - Keep other CPUs busy during check_nmi_watchdog to make sure they really tick when in lapic mode. - Only check CPUs that are actually online. - Various other fixes. - Fix fallback path when MSRs are unimplemented Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Make vsyscall.c compile without CONFIG_SYSCTLAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Originally from Matt Tolentino Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Fix OEM hpet checkSuresh Siddha2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use bitmap_zero instead of bitmap_empty to initialise cpu mask This makes it actually run reliable instead of relying on stack state. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: When checking vmalloc mappings don't use pte_pageAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The PTEs can point to ioremap mappings too, and these are often outside mem_map. The NUMA hash page lookup functions cannot handle out of bounds accesses properly. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Fix canonical checking for segment registers in ptraceAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Allowed user programs to set a non canonical segment base, which would cause oopses in the kernel later. Credit-to: Alexander Nyberg <alexn@dsv.su.se> For identifying and reporting this bug. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: check if ptrace RIP is canonicalAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This works around an AMD Erratum. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] x86_64: Add pmtimer supportAndi Kleen2005-05-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are unfortunately more and more multi processor Opteron systems which don't have HPET timer support in the southbridge. This covers in particular Nvidia and VIA chipsets. They also don't guarantee that the TSCs are synchronized between CPUs; and especially with MP powernow the systems are nearly unusable because the time gets very inconsistent between CPUs. The timer code for x86-64 was originally written under the assumption that we could fall back to the HPET timer on such systems. But this doesn't work there. Another alternative is to use the ACPI PM timer as primary time source. This patch does that. The kernel only uses PM timer when there is no other choice because it has some disadvantages. Ported over from i386. It should be faster than the i386 version because I dropped the "read three times" workaround, but is still considerable slower than HPET and also does not work together with vsyscalls which have to be disabled. Cc: <mark.langsdorf@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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