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| * | | | | | cpu hotplug: Make cpu_active_map synchronization dependency clearMax Krasnyansky2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This goes on top of the cpu_active_map (take 2) patch. Currently we depend on the stop_machine to provide nescessesary synchronization for the cpu_active_map updates. As Dmitry Adamushko pointed this is fragile and is not much clearer than the previous scheme. In other words we do not want to depend on the internal stop machine operation here. So make the synchronization rules clear by doing synchronize_sched() after clearing out cpu active bit. Tested on quad-Core2 with: while true; do for i in 1 2 3; do echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/online done for i in 1 2 3; do echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$i/online done done and stress -c 200 No lockdep, preempt or other complaints. Signed-off-by: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | cpu hotplug, sched: Introduce cpu_active_map and redo sched domain managment ↵Max Krasnyansky2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (take 2) This is based on Linus' idea of creating cpu_active_map that prevents scheduler load balancer from migrating tasks to the cpu that is going down. It allows us to simplify domain management code and avoid unecessary domain rebuilds during cpu hotplug event handling. Please ignore the cpusets part for now. It needs some more work in order to avoid crazy lock nesting. Although I did simplfy and unify domain reinitialization logic. We now simply call partition_sched_domains() in all the cases. This means that we're using exact same code paths as in cpusets case and hence the test below cover cpusets too. Cpuset changes to make rebuild_sched_domains() callable from various contexts are in the separate patch (right next after this one). This not only boots but also easily handles while true; do make clean; make -j 8; done and while true; do on-off-cpu 1; done at the same time. (on-off-cpu 1 simple does echo 0/1 > /sys/.../cpu1/online thing). Suprisingly the box (dual-core Core2) is quite usable. In fact I'm typing this on right now in gnome-terminal and things are moving just fine. Also this is running with most of the debug features enabled (lockdep, mutex, etc) no BUG_ONs or lockdep complaints so far. I believe I addressed all of the Dmitry's comments for original Linus' version. I changed both fair and rt balancer to mask out non-active cpus. And replaced cpu_is_offline() with !cpu_active() in the main scheduler code where it made sense (to me). Signed-off-by: Max Krasnyanskiy <maxk@qualcomm.com> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@novell.com> Cc: dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com Cc: pj@sgi.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | sched: rework of "prioritize non-migratable tasks over migratable ones"Dmitry Adamushko2008-07-18
| |/ / / / / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (1) handle in a generic way all cases when a newly woken-up task is not migratable (not just a corner case when "rt_se->nr_cpus_allowed == 1") (2) if current is to be preempted, then make sure "p" will be picked up by pick_next_task_rt(). i.e. move task's group at the head of its list as well. currently, it's not a case for the group-scheduling case as described here: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0807.0/0134.html Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | sched: reduce stack size in isolated_cpu_setup()Mike Travis2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Remove 16k stack requirements in isolated_cpu_setup when NR_CPUS=4096. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | Revert parts of "ftrace: do not trace scheduler functions"Ingo Molnar2008-07-18
| | |/ / / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | the removal of -mno-spe in the !ftrace case was not intended. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* | | | | Merge branch 'cpus4096-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-07-23
|\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'cpus4096-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (31 commits) NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in speedstep-centrino.c cpumask: Provide a generic set of CPUMASK_ALLOC macros, FIXUP NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in cpufreq userspace routines NR_CPUS: Replace per_cpu(..., smp_processor_id()) with __get_cpu_var NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in arch/x86/kernel/genapic_flat_64.c NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in arch/x86/kernel/genx2apic_uv_x.c NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c NR_CPUS: Replace NR_CPUS in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in lib/smp_processor_id.c, fix cpumask: Use optimized CPUMASK_ALLOC macros in the centrino_target cpumask: Provide a generic set of CPUMASK_ALLOC macros cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in lib/smp_processor_id.c cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in kernel/time/tick-common.c cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c cpumask: Replace cpumask_of_cpu with cpumask_of_cpu_ptr Revert "cpumask: introduce new APIs" cpumask: make for_each_cpu_mask a bit smaller net: Pass reference to cpumask variable in net/sunrpc/svc.c ... Fix up trivial conflicts in drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c manually
| * | | | | cpumask: Optimize cpumask_of_cpu in kernel/time/tick-common.cMike Travis2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Optimize various places where a pointer to the cpumask_of_cpu value will result in reducing stack pressure. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | cpumask: Replace cpumask_of_cpu with cpumask_of_cpu_ptrMike Travis2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * This patch replaces the dangerous lvalue version of cpumask_of_cpu with new cpumask_of_cpu_ptr macros. These are patterned after the node_to_cpumask_ptr macros. In general terms, if there is a cpumask_of_cpu_map[] then a pointer to the cpumask_of_cpu_map[cpu] entry is used. The cpumask_of_cpu_map is provided when there is a large NR_CPUS count, reducing greatly the amount of code generated and stack space used for cpumask_of_cpu(). The pointer to the cpumask_t value is needed for calling set_cpus_allowed_ptr() to reduce the amount of stack space needed to pass the cpumask_t value. If there isn't a cpumask_of_cpu_map[], then a temporary variable is declared and filled in with value from cpumask_of_cpu(cpu) as well as a pointer variable pointing to this temporary variable. Afterwards, the pointer is used to reference the cpumask value. The compiler will optimize out the extra dereference through the pointer as well as the stack space used for the pointer, resulting in identical code. A good example of the orthogonal usages is in net/sunrpc/svc.c: case SVC_POOL_PERCPU: { unsigned int cpu = m->pool_to[pidx]; cpumask_of_cpu_ptr(cpumask, cpu); *oldmask = current->cpus_allowed; set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask); return 1; } case SVC_POOL_PERNODE: { unsigned int node = m->pool_to[pidx]; node_to_cpumask_ptr(nodecpumask, node); *oldmask = current->cpus_allowed; set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, nodecpumask); return 1; } Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096Ingo Molnar2008-07-18
| |\| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: drivers/acpi/processor_throttling.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096Ingo Molnar2008-07-15
| |\ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: arch/x86/xen/smp.c kernel/sched_rt.c net/iucv/iucv.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * \ \ \ \ \ Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc9' into cpus4096Ingo Molnar2008-07-06
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| * | | | | | | clocksource/events: use performance variant for_each_cpu_mask_nrMike Travis2008-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Change references from for_each_cpu_mask to for_each_cpu_mask_nr where appropriate Reviewed-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
| * | | | | | | core: use performance variant for_each_cpu_mask_nrMike Travis2008-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Change references from for_each_cpu_mask to for_each_cpu_mask_nr where appropriate Reviewed-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
| * | | | | | | sched: replace MAX_NUMNODES with nr_node_ids in kernel/sched.cMike Travis2008-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Replace usages of MAX_NUMNODES with nr_node_ids in kernel/sched.c, where appropriate. This saves some allocated space as well as many wasted cycles going through node entries that are non-existent. For inclusion into sched-devel/latest tree. Based on: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git + sched-devel/latest .../mingo/linux-2.6-sched-devel.git Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* | | | | | | | Merge branch 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-07-23
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | |_|_|_|_|/ / / |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: softlockup: fix invalid proc_handler for softlockup_panic softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency softlockup: show irqtrace softlockup: print a module list on being stuck softlockup: fix NMI hangs due to lock race - 2.6.26-rc regression softlockup: fix false positives on nohz if CPU is 100% idle for more than 60 seconds softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh fix softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh unaligned access and disable detection at runtime softlockup: allow panic on lockup
| * | | | | | | softlockup: fix invalid proc_handler for softlockup_panicHiroshi Shimamoto2008-07-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The type of softlockup_panic is int, but the proc_handler is proc_doulongvec_minmax(). This handler is for unsigned long. This handler should be proc_dointvec_minmax(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockupIngo Molnar2008-07-15
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: kernel/softlockup.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequencyJohannes Weiner2008-07-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The print_timestamp can never be bigger than the touch_timestamp, at maximum it can be equal. And if it is, the second check for touch_timestamp + 1 bigger print_timestamp is always true, too. The check for equality is sufficient as we proceed in one-second-steps and are at least one second away from the last print-out if we have another timestamp. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequencyJohannes Weiner2008-06-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Updating the timestamp more often is pointless as we print the warnings only if we exceed the threshold. And the check for hung tasks relies on the last timestamp, so it will keep working correctly, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | softlockup: show irqtraceVegard Nossum2008-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds some information about when interrupts were last enabled and disabled to the output of the softlockup detector. Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc8' into core/softlockupIngo Molnar2008-06-25
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| * | | | | | | | softlockup: print a module list on being stuckArjan van de Ven2008-06-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Most places in the kernel that go BUG: print a module list (which is very useful for doing statistics and finding patterns), however the softlockup detector does not do this yet. This patch adds the one line change to fix this gap. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockupIngo Molnar2008-06-16
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| * | | | | | | | | softlockup: fix NMI hangs due to lock race - 2.6.26-rc regressionJason Wessel2008-06-02
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The touch_nmi_watchdog() routine on x86 ultimately calls touch_softlockup_watchdog(). The problem is that to touch the softlockup watchdog, the cpu_clock code has to be called which could involve multiple cpu locks and can lead to a hard hang if one of the locks is held by a processor that is not going to return anytime soon (such as could be the case with kgdb or perhaps even with some other kind of exception). This patch causes the public version of the touch_softlockup_watchdog() to defer the cpu clock access to a later point. The test case for this problem is to use the following kernel config options: CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS=y CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS_ON_BOOT=y CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS_BOOT_STRING="V1F100I100000" It should be noted that kgdb test suite and these options were not available until 2.6.26-rc2, so it was necessary to patch the kgdb test suite during the bisection. I would consider this patch a regression fix because the problem first appeared in commit 27ec4407790d075c325e1f4da0a19c56953cce23 when some logic was added to try to periodically sync the clocks. It was possible to work around this particular problem by simply not performing the sync anytime the system was in a critical context. This was ok until commit 3e51f33fcc7f55e6df25d15b55ed10c8b4da84cd, which added config option CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK and some multi-cpu locks to sync the clocks. It became clear that accessing this code from an nmi was the source of the lockups. Avoiding the access to the low level clock code from an code inside the NMI processing also fixed the problem with the 27ec44... commit. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | | softlockup: fix false positives on nohz if CPU is 100% idle for more than 60 ↵Ingo Molnar2008-05-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | seconds Fix (probably theoretical only) rq->clock update bug: in tick_nohz_update_jiffies() [which is called on all irq entry on all cpus where the irq entry hits an idle cpu] we call touch_softlockup_watchdog() before we update jiffies. That works fine most of the time when idle timeouts are within 60 seconds. But when an idle timeout is beyond 60 seconds, jiffies is updated with a jump of more than 60 seconds, which causes a jump in cpu-clock of more than 60 seconds, triggering a false positive. Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | | softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh fixIngo Molnar2008-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
| * | | | | | | | | softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh unaligned access and disable detection at ↵Dimitri Sivanich2008-05-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | runtime Fix unaligned access errors when setting softlockup_thresh on 64 bit platforms. Allow softlockup detection to be disabled by setting softlockup_thresh <= 0. Detect that boot time softlockup detection has been disabled earlier in softlockup_tick. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
| * | | | | | | | | softlockup: allow panic on lockupIngo Molnar2008-05-25
| | |_|_|/ / / / / | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | allow users to configure the softlockup detector to generate a panic instead of a warning message. high-availability systems might opt for this strict method (combined with panic_timeout= boot option/sysctl), instead of generating softlockup warnings ad infinitum. also, automated tests work better if the system reboots reliably (into a safe kernel) in case of a lockup. The full spectrum of configurability is supported: boot option, sysctl option and Kconfig option. it's default-disabled. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* | | | | | | | | set_irq_wake: fix return code and wake status trackingUwe Kleine-König2008-07-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since 15a647eba94c3da27ccc666bea72e7cca06b2d19 set_irq_wake returned -ENXIO if another device had it already enabled. Zero is the right value to return in this case. Moreover the change to desc->status was not reverted if desc->chip->set_wake returned an error. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com> Acked-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | | | | | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linusLinus Torvalds2008-07-22
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: remove CONFIG_KMOD from core kernel code remove CONFIG_KMOD from lib remove CONFIG_KMOD from sparc64 rework try_then_request_module to do less in non-modular kernels remove mention of CONFIG_KMOD from documentation make CONFIG_KMOD invisible modules: Take a shortcut for checking if an address is in a module module: turn longs into ints for module sizes Shrink struct module: CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS ifdefs module: reorder struct module to save space on 64 bit builds module: generic each_symbol iterator function module: don't use stop_machine for waiting rmmod
| * | | | | | | | | remove CONFIG_KMOD from core kernel codeJohannes Berg2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Always compile request_module when the kernel allows modules. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
| * | | | | | | | | modules: Take a shortcut for checking if an address is in a moduleRusty Russell2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch keeps track of the boundaries of module allocation, in order to speed up module_text_address(). Inspired by Arjan's version, which required arch-specific defines: Various pieces of the kernel (lockdep, latencytop, etc) tend to store backtraces, sometimes at a relatively high frequency. In itself this isn't a big performance deal (after all you're using diagnostics features), but there have been some complaints from people who have over 100 modules loaded that this is a tad too slow. This is due to the new backtracer code which looks at every slot on the stack to see if it's a kernel/module text address, so that's 1024 slots. 1024 times 100 modules... that's a lot of list walking. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
| * | | | | | | | | module: turn longs into ints for module sizesDenys Vlasenko2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This shrinks module.o and each *.ko file. And finally, structure members which hold length of module code (four such members there) and count of symbols are converted from longs to ints. We cannot possibly have a module where 32 bits won't be enough to hold such counts. For one, module loading checks module size for sanity before loading, so such insanely big module will fail that test first. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
| * | | | | | | | | Shrink struct module: CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS ifdefsDenys Vlasenko2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | module.c and module.h conatains code for finding exported symbols which are declared with EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL, and this code is compiled in even if CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set and thus there can be no EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOLs in modules anyway (because EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(x) are compiled out to nothing then). This patch adds required #ifdefs. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
| * | | | | | | | | module: generic each_symbol iterator functionRusty Russell2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduce an each_symbol() iterator to avoid duplicating the knowledge about the 5 different sections containing symbols. Currently only used by find_symbol(), but will be used by symbol_put_addr() too. (Includes NULL ptr deref fix by Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>) Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
| * | | | | | | | | module: don't use stop_machine for waiting rmmodRusty Russell2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rmmod has a little-used "-w" option, meaning that instead of failing if the module is in use, it should block until the module becomes unused. In this case, we don't need to use stop_machine: Max Krasnyansky indicated that would be useful for SystemTap which loads/unloads new modules frequently. Cc: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
* | | | | | | | | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds2008-07-22
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (79 commits) arm: bus_id -> dev_name() and dev_set_name() conversions sparc64: fix up bus_id changes in sparc core code 3c59x: handle pci_name() being const MTD: handle pci_name() being const HP iLO driver sysdev: Convert the x86 mce tolerant sysdev attribute to generic attribute sysdev: Add utility functions for simple int/ulong variable sysdev attributes sysdev: Pass the attribute to the low level sysdev show/store function driver core: Suppress sysfs warnings for device_rename(). kobject: Transmit return value of call_usermodehelper() to caller sysfs-rules.txt: reword API stability statement debugfs: Implement debugfs_remove_recursive() HOWTO: change email addresses of James in HOWTO always enable FW_LOADER unless EMBEDDED=y uio-howto.tmpl: use unique output names uio-howto.tmpl: use standard copyright/legal markings sysfs: don't call notify_change sysdev: fix debugging statements in registration code. kobject: should use kobject_put() in kset-example kobject: reorder kobject to save space on 64 bit builds ...
| * | | | | | | | | | sysdev: Pass the attribute to the low level sysdev show/store functionAndi Kleen2008-07-22
| |/ / / / / / / / / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This allow to dynamically generate attributes and share show/store functions between attributes. Right now most attributes are generated by special macros and lots of duplicated code. With the attribute passed it's instead possible to attach some data to the attribute and then use that in shared low level functions to do different things. I need this for the dynamically generated bank attributes in the x86 machine check code, but it'll allow some further cleanups. I converted all users in tree to the new show/store prototype. It's a single huge patch to avoid unbisectable sections. Runtime tested: x86-32, x86-64 Compiled only: ia64, powerpc Not compile tested/only grep converted: sh, arm, avr32 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | | | | | | | | | Fix build on COMPAT platforms when CONFIG_EPOLL is disabledAtsushi Nemoto2008-07-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add missing cond_syscall() entry for compat_sys_epoll_pwait. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | | | | | | | cpusets: fix wrong domain attr updatesMiao Xie2008-07-22
|/ / / / / / / / / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix wrong domain attr updates, or we will always update the first sched domain attr. Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.26.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* | | | | | | | | Merge branch 'linus' into xen-64bitIngo Molnar2008-07-17
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| * | | | | | | | Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-07-17
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: ftrace: do not trace library functions ftrace: do not trace scheduler functions ftrace: fix lockup with MAXSMP ftrace: fix merge buglet
| | * | | | | | | | ftrace: do not trace scheduler functionsIngo Molnar2008-07-17
| | | |_|_|_|_|/ / | | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | do not trace scheduler functions - it's still a bit fragile and can lock up with: http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Thu_Jul_17_13_34_52_CEST_2008 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
| * | | | | | | | fix dangling zombie when new parent ignores childrenRoland McGrath2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes an arcane bug that we think was a regression introduced by commit b2b2cbc4b2a2f389442549399a993a8306420baf. When a parent ignores SIGCHLD (or uses SA_NOCLDWAIT), its children would self-reap but they don't if it's using ptrace on them. When the parent thread later exits and ceases to ptrace a child but leaves other live threads in the parent's thread group, any zombie children are left dangling. The fix makes them self-reap then, as they would have done earlier if ptrace had not been in use. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
| * | | | | | | | do_wait: return security_task_wait() error code in place of -ECHILDRoland McGrath2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This reverts the effect of commit f2cc3eb133baa2e9dc8efd40f417106b2ee520f3 "do_wait: fix security checks". That change reverted the effect of commit 73243284463a761e04d69d22c7516b2be7de096c. The rationale for the original commit still stands. The inconsistent treatment of children hidden by ptrace was an unintended omission in the original change and in no way invalidates its purpose. This makes do_wait return the error returned by security_task_wait() (usually -EACCES) in place of -ECHILD when there are some children the caller would be able to wait for if not for the permission failure. A permission error will give the user a clue to look for security policy problems, rather than for mysterious wait bugs. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
| * | | | | | | | ptrace children revampRoland McGrath2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ptrace no longer fiddles with the children/sibling links, and the old ptrace_children list is gone. Now ptrace, whether of one's own children or another's via PTRACE_ATTACH, just uses the new ptraced list instead. There should be no user-visible difference that matters. The only change is the order in which do_wait() sees multiple stopped children and stopped ptrace attachees. Since wait_task_stopped() was changed earlier so it no longer reorders the children list, we already know this won't cause any new problems. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
| * | | | | | | | do_wait reorganizationRoland McGrath2008-07-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This breaks out the guts of do_wait into three subfunctions. The control flow is less nonobvious without so much goto. do_wait_thread and ptrace_do_wait contain the main work of the outer loop. wait_consider_task contains the main work of the inner loop. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
| * | | | | | | | Merge branch 'linux-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds2008-07-16
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 * 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6: (72 commits) Revert "x86/PCI: ACPI based PCI gap calculation" PCI: remove unnecessary volatile in PCIe hotplug struct controller x86/PCI: ACPI based PCI gap calculation PCI: include linux/pm_wakeup.h for device_set_wakeup_capable PCI PM: Fix pci_prepare_to_sleep x86/PCI: Fix PCI config space for domains > 0 Fix acpi_pm_device_sleep_wake() by providing a stub for CONFIG_PM_SLEEP=n PCI: Simplify PCI device PM code PCI PM: Introduce pci_prepare_to_sleep and pci_back_from_sleep PCI ACPI: Rework PCI handling of wake-up ACPI: Introduce new device wakeup flag 'prepared' ACPI: Introduce acpi_device_sleep_wake function PCI: rework pci_set_power_state function to call platform first PCI: Introduce platform_pci_power_manageable function ACPI: Introduce acpi_bus_power_manageable function PCI: make pci_name use dev_name PCI: handle pci_name() being const PCI: add stub for pci_set_consistent_dma_mask() PCI: remove unused arch pcibios_update_resource() functions PCI: fix pci_setup_device()'s sprinting into a const buffer ... Fixed up conflicts in various files (arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c, arch/x86/pci/irq.c, arch/x86/pci/pci.h, drivers/acpi/sleep/main.c, drivers/pci/pci.c, drivers/pci/pci.h, include/acpi/acpi_bus.h) from x86 and ACPI updates manually.
| | * | | | | | | | Suspend-related patches for 2.6.27Rafael J. Wysocki2008-06-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ACPI PM: Add possibility to change suspend sequence There are some systems out there that don't work correctly with our current suspend/hibernation code ordering. Provide a workaround for these systems allowing them to pass 'acpi_sleep=old_ordering' in the kernel command line so that it will use the pre-ACPI 2.0 ("old") suspend code ordering. Unfortunately, this requires us to add a platform hook to the resuming of devices for recovering the platform in case one of the device drivers' .suspend() routines returns error code. Namely, ACPI 1.0 specifies that _PTS should be called before suspending devices, but _WAK still should be called before resuming them in order to undo the changes made by _PTS. However, if there is an error during suspending devices, they are automatically resumed without returning control to the PM core, so the _WAK has to be called from within device_resume() in that cases. The patch also reorders and refactors the ACPI suspend/hibernation code to avoid duplication as far as reasonably possible. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
| | * | | | | | | | Introduce new top level suspend and hibernation callbacksRafael J. Wysocki2008-06-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduce 'struct pm_ops' and 'struct pm_ext_ops' ('ext' meaning 'extended') representing suspend and hibernation operations for bus types, device classes, device types and device drivers. Modify the PM core to use 'struct pm_ops' and 'struct pm_ext_ops' objects, if defined, instead of the ->suspend(), ->resume(), ->suspend_late(), and ->resume_early() callbacks (the old callbacks will be considered as legacy and gradually phased out). The main purpose of doing this is to separate suspend (aka S2RAM and standby) callbacks from hibernation callbacks in such a way that the new callbacks won't take arguments and the semantics of each of them will be clearly specified. This has been requested for multiple times by many people, including Linus himself, and the reason is that within the current scheme if ->resume() is called, for example, it's difficult to say why it's been called (ie. is it a resume from RAM or from hibernation or a suspend/hibernation failure etc.?). The second purpose is to make the suspend/hibernation callbacks more flexible so that device drivers can handle more than they can within the current scheme. For example, some drivers may need to prevent new children of the device from being registered before their ->suspend() callbacks are executed or they may want to carry out some operations requiring the availability of some other devices, not directly bound via the parent-child relationship, in order to prepare for the execution of ->suspend(), etc. Ultimately, we'd like to stop using the freezing of tasks for suspend and therefore the drivers' suspend/hibernation code will have to take care of the handling of the user space during suspend/hibernation. That, in turn, would be difficult within the current scheme, without the new ->prepare() and ->complete() callbacks. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>