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* [PATCH] ARM: Cleanup kmalloc in cyber2000fbRussell King2005-05-03
| | | | | | | We use one kmalloc to allocate two structures needlessly. Combine these two structures into one. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
* [PATCH] cpufreq annoying warning fixBenjamin Herrenschmidt2005-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The cpufreq core patch I sent earlier got only half-applied. I added a flag to let the low level driver disable an annoying warning on suspend/resume that is normal on ppc, but the "resume" part of it wasn't applied. This just adds back that missing bit. The original patch also reworked the resume() function to avoid nesting too many if () statements along the way I did the suspend() one, but I didn't include that in the patch below. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ppc32: Fix might_sleep() warning with clock spreadingBenjamin Herrenschmidt2005-05-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | The clock spreading disable/enable code was called to late/early during the suspend/resume code on some laptops and would trigger a might_sleep() warning due to the down() call in the low level i2c code. This fixes it by calling those functions earlier/later when interrupts are still enabled. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Avoid unnecessary ide-cd cache flushesJens Axboe2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Only issue a cdrom cache flush if we've done write to the drive. The ->media_written() flag keeps track of that. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/input/joystick/spaceorb.c: fix an array overflowAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes an array overflow found by the Coverity checker. 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/pnp/pnpacpi/rsparser.c: fix an array overflowAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes an array overflow found by the Coverity checker. 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/video/radeonfb.c: fix an array overflowAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes an array overflow found by the Coverity checker. 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/pnp/pnpbios/rsparser.c: fix an array overflowAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | This patch fixes an array overflow found by the Coverity checker. 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] make lots of things staticAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Another large rollup of various patches from Adrian which make things static where they were needlessly exported. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: fix some descriptionsMartin Waitz2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | Some KernelDoc descriptions are updated to match the current code. No code changes. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: changes and extensions to the kernel documentationPavel Pisa2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I have recompiled Linux kernel 2.6.11.5 documentation for me and our university students again. The documentation could be extended for more sources which are equipped by structured comments for recent 2.6 kernels. I have tried to proceed with that task. I have done that more times from 2.6.0 time and it gets boring to do same changes again and again. Linux kernel compiles after changes for i386 and ARM targets. I have added references to some more files into kernel-api book, I have added some section names as well. So please, check that changes do not break something and that categories are not too much skewed. I have changed kernel-doc to accept "fastcall" and "asmlinkage" words reserved by kernel convention. Most of the other changes are modifications in the comments to make kernel-doc happy, accept some parameters description and do not bail out on errors. Changed <pid> to @pid in the description, moved some #ifdef before comments to correct function to comments bindings, etc. You can see result of the modified documentation build at http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~pisa/linux/lkdb-2.6.11.tar.gz Some more sources are ready to be included into kernel-doc generated documentation. Sources has been added into kernel-api for now. Some more section names added and probably some more chaos introduced as result of quick cleanup work. Signed-off-by: Pavel Pisa <pisa@cmp.felk.cvut.cz> Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Clean-up and bug fix for tdfxfb framebuffer size detectionRichard Drummond2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | Attached is a patch against 2.6.11.7 which tidies up the tdfxfb framebuffer size detection code a little and fixes the broken support for Voodoo4/5 cards. (I haven't tested this on a Voodoo5, however, because I don't have the hardware). Signed-off-by: Richard Drummond <evilrich@rcdrummond.net> Cc: <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Better PLL frequency matching for tdfxfb driverRichard Drummond2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | Improve the PLL frequency matching in the tdfxfb driver. Instead of requiring 64260 iterations to obtain the closest supported PLL frequency, this code does it with the same degree of accuracy in at most 768 iterations. Signed-off-by: Richard Drummond <evilrich@rcdrummond.net> Cc: <linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] imxfb: Add Freescale i.MX framebuffer driverSascha Hauer2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds support for the framebuffer on the freescale i.MX SOC architecture. The driver has been tested on the mx1ads board, the pimx1 board and another custom board with different displays. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] i810fb: Fix default monitor sync timingsDenis Vlasenko2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | - Increase error message verbosity with respect to monitor timings. - Fix default sync timings Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] intelfb: Remove intelfbdrv.hAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Ingo Oeser noticed that all that intelfbdrv.h contains are prototypes for static functions - and such prototypes don't belong into header files. This patch therefore removes drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.h and moves the prototypes to intelfbdrv.c . Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbcon: Fix check after useAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | This patch fixes a check after use found by the Coverity checker. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbdev: edid.h cleanupsAdrian Bunk2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | This patch removes some completely unused code. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nvidiafb: ioremap and i2c fixesAntonino A. Daplas2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | - Add 'vram' option to specify amount of video RAM to remap - Limit remap size to 64 MIB - Use info->screen_size for remapped RAM - Fix misplaced label in failure path Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fbdev: Batch cmap changes at driver levelBenjamin Herrenschmidt2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds to the fbdev interface a set_cmap callback that allow the driver to "batch" palette changes. This is useful for drivers like radeonfb which might require lenghtly workarounds on palette accesses, thus allowing to factor out those workarounds efficiently. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - Arm the read timeout timer before the first readPatrick Gefre2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Arm the read timeout timer before the first read. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - small uart setup modsPatrick Gefre2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Small mods for setting up the uart - parity, flow control Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - set a better timeout/thresholdPatrick Gefre2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Set the timeout and threshold to better values. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Altix ioc4 serial - set hfc from ioctlPatrick Gefre2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Allow hardware flow control to be set from an ioctl. Signed-off-by: Patrick Gefre <pfg@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] saa7134: Add OEM version of already supported cardPeter Missel2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | Add device table support for the LR214WF card. The driver will say it's a FlyTV, simply because the name strings are stored with the card design data, not the device ID data. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] v4l: msp3400 updateGerd Knorr2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | msp3400 update: Fix and enable "simpler" mode, some other minor fixes. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] dvb: cx22702 frontend driver updateGerd Knorr2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | update cx22702 fe driver, add support for using the dvb pll lib, enable cx22702 support in cx88-dvb. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cx88-dvb oops fixGerd Knorr2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | Fixup error path, without that one the driver kills the machine by oopsing in the IRQ handler in case the frontend initialization fails. Signed-off-by: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] serial_cs: Reduce stack usage in serial_event()Yum Rayan2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch reduces the stack usage of the function serial_event() in serial_cs from 2212 to 228. I used a patched version of gcc 3.4.3 on i386 with -fno-unit-at-a-time disabled. This patch is only compile tested. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Yum Rayan <yum.rayan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix include order in mthca_memfree.cRoland Dreier2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Fix order of #include lines in mthca_memfree.c Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@topspin.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] convert that currently tests _NSIG directly to use valid_signal()Jesper Juhl2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | Convert most of the current code that uses _NSIG directly to instead use valid_signal(). This avoids gcc -W warnings and off-by-one errors. 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] sn_console: make sal_console_uart static againAndreas Schwab2005-05-01
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ipmi: fix a deadlockCorey Minyard2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | Correct an issue with the IPMI message layer taking a lock and calling lower layer driver. If an error occrues at the lower layer the lock can be taken again causing a deadlock. The lock is released before calling the lower layer. Signed-off-by: David Griego <dgriego@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ipmi: enable interrupts on the BT driverCorey Minyard2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enable interrupts for a BT interface. There is a specific register that needs to be set up to enable interrupts that also must be modified to clear the irq. Also, don't reset the BMC on a BT interface. That's probably not a good idea as the BMC may be performing other important functions and a reset should only be a last resort. Also, that register is also used to enable/disable interrupts to the BT; modifying it may screw up the interrupts. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] ipmi: fix watchdog so the device can be reopened on an unexpected closeCorey Minyard2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | If there is an unexpected close, still allow the watchdog interface to be re-opened on the IPMI watchdog. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] IPMI: fix for handling bad ACPI dataCorey Minyard2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | If the ACPI register bit width is zero (an invalid value) assume it is the default spacing. This avoids some coredumps on invalid data and makes some systems work that have broken ACPI data. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] IPMI: fix for handling bad IPMI DMI dataCorey Minyard2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | Ignore the bottom bit of the base address from the DMI data. It is supposed to be set to 1 if it is I/O space. Few systems do this, but this enables the ones that do set it to work properly. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Leadtek Winfast remote controlsNicolas Boichat2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | Add missing button codes for the Leadtek Winfast remote controls. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Boichat <nicolas@boichat.ch> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] __attribute__ placement fixesVinay K Nallamothu2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The variable attributes "packed" and "align" when used with struct, should have the following order: struct ... {...} __attribute__((packed)) var; This patch fixes few instances where the variable and attributes are placed the other way around and had no effect. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] misc verify_area cleanupsJesper Juhl2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There were still a few comments left refering to verify_area, and two functions, verify_area_skas & verify_area_tt that just wrap corresponding access_ok_skas & access_ok_tt functions, just like verify_area does for access_ok - deprecate those. There was also a few places that still used verify_area in commented-out code, fix those up to use access_ok. After applying this one there should not be anything left but finally removing verify_area completely, which will happen after a kernel release or two. 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] hangcheck-timer: Update to 0.9.0.Joel Becker2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | I recently realized that the in-kernel copy of hangcheck-timer was quite stale. Here's the latest. It adds support for s390, ppc64, and ia64 too. Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] vgacon: set vc_hi_font_mask correctlyBill Nottingham2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When allocating a new VC with vgacon_init(), the font is shared across all the VGA consoles. However, the font mask was always set to the default value of zero in visual_init(), even if we were using 512 character fonts at the time. Moreover, code in vgacon.c:vga_do_font_op() didn't reset the mask if the console driver thinks it's already in 512 character mode. This means that to *fix* it, you'd actually have to take the console out of 512 character mode and then set it back. The attached sets vc_hi_font_mask in vgacon_init() for any new consoles opened if the vgacon driver is already in 512 character mode, solving this. This bug goes back to 2.4.18 at least, probably earlier. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] nbd: Don't create all MAX_NBD devices by default all the timeLars Marowsky-Bree2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | This patches adds the "nbds_max" parameter to the nbd kernel module, which limits the number of nbds allocated. Previously, always all 128 entries were allocated unconditionally, which used to waste resources and needlessly flood the hotplug system with events. (Defaults to 16 now.) Signed-off-by: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] noop-iosched: kill O(N) merge scanJens Axboe2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | Profiling hit rates on merging shows that the last merge hint works extremely well for most work loads. So lets kill the linear merge scan in noop-iosched, so it provides O(1) run time for any operation. Testing credits go to Ken Chen from Intel. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] LifeView FlyTV Platinum FM: GPIO usagePeter Missel2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is take two of a patch that should have appeared two days ago, before yesterday's "remote control" patch for the same card. This patch sets unconnected GPIO to Output to keep them from floating (just good driver writing practice, being nice to the chip), and uses GPIO16 to switch TV vs. FM - this pin switches inputs onto the tuner, as well as the audio output from the tuner into the 7135 SIF input. Consequently, FM radio support is being un-commented because it's now working (sort of, see below). These two patches get the card almost fully operational; there appears to be a bug in tda8290.c remaining that puts an offset onto the tuned frequency in FM radio mode. We're investigating. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] LifeView FlyTV Platinum FM: Remote Control supportPeter Missel2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Subject says it ... this card's IR microcontroller design and attachment are compatible to the company's previous designs, so the patch was as simple as it gets. DESC LifeView FlyTV Platinum FM: GPIO usage EDESC From: Peter Missel <peter.missel@onlinehome.de> This is take two of a patch that should have appeared two days ago, before yesterday's "remote control" patch for the same card. This patch sets unconnected GPIO to Output to keep them from floating (just good driver writing practice, being nice to the chip), and uses GPIO16 to switch TV vs. FM - this pin switches inputs onto the tuner, as well as the audio output from the tuner into the 7135 SIF input. Consequently, FM radio support is being un-commented because it's now working (sort of, see below). These two patches get the card almost fully operational; there appears to be a bug in tda8290.c remaining that puts an offset onto the tuned frequency in FM radio mode. We're investigating. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Change synchronize_kernel to _rcu and _schedPaul E. McKenney2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | This patch changes calls to synchronize_kernel(), deprecated in the earlier "Deprecate synchronize_kernel, GPL replacement" patch to instead call the new synchronize_rcu() and synchronize_sched() APIs. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: remove ioctl32 from crypto driverCornelia Huck2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | The ioctl32_conversion routines will be deprecated: Remove them from the crypto driver. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: remove ioctl32 from dasdcmbCornelia Huck2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | The ioctl32_conversion routines will be deprecated: Remove them from dasd_cmb and handle the three cmb ioctls like all other dasd ioctls. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: don't pad cdl blocks for write requestsHorst Hummel2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | | | The first blocks on a cdl formatted dasd device are smaller than the blocksize of the device. Read requests are padded with a 'e5' pattern. Write requests should not pad the (user) buffer with 'e5' because a write request is not allowed to modify the buffer. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>