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2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: tifyup packet start timingKuninori Morimoto
packet transfer timing are controlled in mod_gadget on current renesas_usbhs, and this style will be imitated on mod_host. But it need not be managed with host/gadget if it is general transfer. By this patch, the packet transfer timing is managed in fifo.c Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: add pipe/fifo linkKuninori Morimoto
renesas_usbhs has CFIFO which is for PIO transfer, and D0FIFO/D1FIFO which are for DMA transfer. The pipe selects one of these fifo when it send/recv data. But fifo must not be selected to different pipe in same time. This patch add pipe/fifo link for each other, and fifo is not selected by another pipe until it is unselected. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: add usbhsf_fifoKuninori Morimoto
renesas_usbhs has CFIFO/D0FIFO/D1FIFO. But current renesas_usbhs is using CFIFO (for PIO) only for now. The fifo selection method is needed for DMAEngine support. This is a preparation for DMAEngine support Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: shrink spin lock areaKuninori Morimoto
spin lock was very effective while doing 1 packet send/recv on current renesas_usbhs driver. But this lock is enough only - modify packet/pipe link - modify interrpt mask - modify fifo access This patch shrink spin lock area Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: remove usbhsg_queue_getKuninori Morimoto
usbhsg_queue_get is no longer needed. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: modify data transfer interruptKuninori Morimoto
On current driver, overall data transfer method was implemented in fifo.c, but its interrupt which is member of packet queue control was still in mod_gadget.c. This patch move it into fifo.c. By this patch, the packet/fifo control is independent from mod_gadget. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: modify data transfer methodKuninori Morimoto
On current driver, main data transfer function was implemented in fifo.c, but the overall controlling was implementing in mod_gadget.c. This style is not useful to support host and DMAEngine in the future. But the interrupt for data transfer cannot separate easily for now, because it is deeply related to mod_gadget. This patch move the overall data transfer method into fifo.c except interrupt. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: modify packet queue control methodKuninori Morimoto
Current renesas_usbhs driver is controlling packet queue on mod_gadget.c. But it has relationship with pipe/fifo, not host/gadget. So, controlling USB packet queue in pipe.c/fifo.c is more convenient than in mod_gadget.c. This patch modify it. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: divide data transfer functionsKuninori Morimoto
DMAEngine will be supported to this driver in the future. Then, both PIO and DMA data transfer method should be supported. But, the transfer function can returns the result immediately in PIO version, but it can't in DMA version. This patch divides data transfer functions into top/bottom half in preparation for DMAEngine support. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: fifo became independent from pipe.Kuninori Morimoto
Current renesas_usbhs has PIO data transfer mode which controls CFIFO. And it was implemented in pipe.c. But, fifo control method needs more flexible implementation to support DMAEngine. This patch create fifo.c, and it became independent from pipe.c. Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07usb: renesas_usbhs: modify pipe direction flagsKuninori Morimoto
Current driver had pipe direction flag which came from usb_endpoint_dir_in(). It means "input direction" for HOST, and "out direction" for Gadget. But driver needs "input direction for pipe". This patch adds IS_DIR_HOST flags and care both "input direction for HOST" and "input direction for pipe" Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <kuninori.morimoto.gx@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07ehci-hcd: remove EOL from MODULE_PARM_DESC for 'hird' optionNiels de Vos
There is no need to have a "\n" on a MODULE_PARM_DESC, remove it Signed-off-by: Niels de Vos <ndevos@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07USB: wusbcore: return negative error codesDan Carpenter
cbaf_cdid_get() is only used in cbaf_wusb_chid_store(). In the original code cbaf_cdid_get() returns either a negative error code or a small positive value on error. I have changed it to return -ENOENT if there is not enough data available. In the original code the caller changed the negative error codes to positive return values. I've changed it to just return the error value directly. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-07USB: gadget.h depends on ch9.h so include ch9.h directlyMark Brown
The struct definitions are used. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06USB: net2272: driver for PLX NET2272 USB device controllerSeth Levy
This is based on the last release from PLX: http://www.plxtech.com/files/products/net2000/software/selectiontool/RE061204-net2272-linux2.6.18.tgz I've managed to contact them and they've confirmed that this driver was wholly written by PLX (Seth Levy). While they have no problem with it being merged (and they've already licensed it as GPL), they don't have any interest in doing so themselves as this is an old part for them. ADI has long had an add-on card which has this part on it, so we've been keeping it up-to-date out of tree. But now that PLX has confirmed the source of the driver, we can can take the next step of cleaning it up and getting it merged. So here we are! I've done quite a large clean up of the driver and attempted to address all the common issues. Hopefully in the process, I haven't broken anything. While it seems to still work with the board that I have access to, it is not a PCI variant. So I have not tested any of the PCI logic myself (beyond clean compile). Perhaps someone who actually has a card and cares can do so. I'll try to address further feedback, but don't expect miracles. I'm not really familiar with the part itself, just the platform glue. Signed-off-by: Seth Levy <seth.levy@plxtech.com> Signed-off-by: Ash Aziz <ash.aziz@plxtech.com> Signed-off-by: Roy Huang <roy.huang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06USB: Add "authorized_default" parameter to the usbcore moduleCarl-Daniel Hailfinger
The "authorized_default" module parameter of usbcore controls the default for the authorized_default variable of each USB host controller. -1 is authorized for all devices except wireless (default, old behaviour) 0 is unauthorized for all devices 1 is authorized for all devices Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06usb/gadget: (fusb300_udc) Remove unused function fusb300_ep0_completeGuenter Roeck
fusb300_ep0_complete() is an empty function, not called from anywhere, and causes the following build warning. fusb300_udc.c:983: warning: fusb300_ep0_complete defined but not used Remove it. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06USB: ehci-s5p: add PM supportJingoo Han
This patch adds power management support such as suspend and resume functions. Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2011-06-06Merge branch 'for-usb-next' of ↵Greg Kroah-Hartman
git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sarah/xhci into usb-next * 'for-usb-next' of git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sarah/xhci: xhci: Remove some unnecessary casts and tidy some endian swap code
2011-06-06Linux 3.0-rc2Linus Torvalds
2011-06-06mm: fix ENOSPC returned by handle_mm_fault()Hugh Dickins
Al Viro observes that in the hugetlb case, handle_mm_fault() may return a value of the kind ENOSPC when its caller is expecting a value of the kind VM_FAULT_SIGBUS: fix alloc_huge_page()'s failure returns. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-06-06Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: ALSA: usb - turn off de-emphasis in s/pdif for cm6206 ALSA: asihpi: Use angle brackets for system includes ALSA: fm801: add error handling if auto-detect fails ALSA: hda - Check pin support EAPD in ad198x_power_eapd_write ALSA: hda - Fix HP and Front pins of ad1988/ad1989 in ad198x_power_eapd() ALSA: 6fire: Don't leak firmware in error path ASoC: Fix wm_hubs input PGA ZC bits ASoC: Fix dapm_is_shared_kcontrol so everything isn't shared
2011-06-06Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/staging * 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/staging: hwmon: (max6642): Better chip detection schema hwmon: (coretemp) Further relax temperature range checks hwmon: (coretemp) Fix TjMax detection for older CPUs hwmon: (coretemp) Relax target temperature range check hwmon: (max6642) Rename temp_fault sysfs attribute to temp2_fault
2011-06-06Merge branch 'fix/asoc' into for-linusTakashi Iwai
2011-06-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/tegraLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/tegra: ARM: Tegra: Harmony: Fix conflicting GPIO numbering
2011-06-04ARM: Tegra: Harmony: Fix conflicting GPIO numberingStephen Warren
Currently, both the WM8903 and TPS6586x chips attempt to register with gpiolib using the same GPIO numbers. This causes the audio driver to fail to initialize. To solve this, add a define to board-harmony.h for the TPS6586x, and make board-harmony-power.c use this define, instead of directly referencing TEGRA_NR_GPIOS. This fixes a regression introduced by commit 6f168f2fa60f87e85e0df25e87e2372f22f5eb7c. ARM: tegra: harmony: initialize the TPS65862 PMIC Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
2011-06-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/btrfs-unstable: (25 commits) btrfs: fix uninitialized variable warning btrfs: add helper for fs_info->closing Btrfs: add mount -o inode_cache btrfs: scrub: add explicit plugging btrfs: use btrfs_ino to access inode number Btrfs: don't save the inode cache if we are deleting this root btrfs: false BUG_ON when degraded Btrfs: don't save the inode cache in non-FS roots Btrfs: make sure we don't overflow the free space cache crc page Btrfs: fix uninit variable in the delayed inode code btrfs: scrub: don't reuse bios and pages Btrfs: leave spinning on lookup and map the leaf Btrfs: check for duplicate entries in the free space cache Btrfs: don't try to allocate from a block group that doesn't have enough space Btrfs: don't always do readahead Btrfs: try not to sleep as much when doing slow caching Btrfs: kill BTRFS_I(inode)->block_group Btrfs: don't look at the extent buffer level 3 times in a row Btrfs: map the node block when looking for readahead targets Btrfs: set range_start to the right start in count_range_bits ...
2011-06-04hwmon: (max6642): Better chip detection schemaPer Dalén
Improve detection of MAX6642 by reading non existing registers (0x04, 0x06 and 0xff). Reading those registers returns the previously read value. Signed-off-by: Per Dalen <per.dalen@appeartv.com> [guenter.roeck@ericsson.com: added second set of register reads] Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
2011-06-04Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: [SCSI] Fix oops caused by queue refcounting failure
2011-06-04Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (40 commits) tg3: Fix tg3_skb_error_unmap() net: tracepoint of net_dev_xmit sees freed skb and causes panic drivers/net/can/flexcan.c: add missing clk_put net: dm9000: Get the chip in a known good state before enabling interrupts drivers/net/davinci_emac.c: add missing clk_put af-packet: Add flag to distinguish VID 0 from no-vlan. caif: Fix race when conditionally taking rtnl lock usbnet/cdc_ncm: add missing .reset_resume hook vlan: fix typo in vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit() net/ipv4: Check for mistakenly passed in non-IPv4 address iwl4965: correctly validate temperature value bluetooth l2cap: fix locking in l2cap_global_chan_by_psm ath9k: fix two more bugs in tx power cfg80211: don't drop p2p probe responses Revert "net: fix section mismatches" drivers/net/usb/catc.c: Fix potential deadlock in catc_ctrl_run() sctp: stop pending timers and purge queues when peer restart asoc drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode. ip_options_compile: properly handle unaligned pointer iwlagn: fix incorrect PCI subsystem id for 6150 devices ...
2011-06-04btrfs: fix uninitialized variable warningDavid Sterba
With Linus' tree, today's linux-next build (powercp ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning: fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c: In function 'btrfs_delayed_update_inode': fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c:1598:6: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function Introduced by commit 16cdcec736cd ("btrfs: implement delayed inode items operation"). This fixes a bug in btrfs_update_inode(): if the returned value from btrfs_delayed_update_inode is a nonzero garbage, inode stat data are not updated and several call paths may hit a BUG_ON or fail with strange code. Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
2011-06-04btrfs: add helper for fs_info->closingDavid Sterba
wrap checking of filesystem 'closing' flag and fix a few missing memory barriers. Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
2011-06-04Btrfs: add mount -o inode_cacheChris Mason
This makes the inode map cache default to off until we fix the overflow problem when the free space crcs don't fit inside a single page. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04btrfs: scrub: add explicit pluggingArne Jansen
With the removal of the implicit plugging scrub ends up doing more and smaller I/O than necessary. This patch adds explicit plugging per chunk. Signed-off-by: Arne Jansen <sensille@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04btrfs: use btrfs_ino to access inode numberDavid Sterba
commit 4cb5300bc ("Btrfs: add mount -o auto_defrag") accesses inode number directly while it should use the helper with the new inode number allocator. Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04Btrfs: don't save the inode cache if we are deleting this rootJosef Bacik
With xfstest 254 I can panic the box every time with the inode number caching stuff on. This is because we clean the inodes out when we delete the subvolume, but then we write out the inode cache which adds an inode to the subvolume inode tree, and then when it gets evicted again the root gets added back on the dead roots list and is deleted again, so we have a double free. To stop this from happening just return 0 if refs is 0 (and we're not the tree root since tree root always has refs of 0). With this fix 254 no longer panics. Thanks, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com> Tested-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04btrfs: false BUG_ON when degradedArne Jansen
In degraded mode the struct btrfs_device of missing devs don't have device->name set. A kstrdup of NULL correctly returns NULL. Don't BUG in this case. Signed-off-by: Arne Jansen <sensille@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04Btrfs: don't save the inode cache in non-FS rootsliubo
This adds extra checks to make sure the inode map we are caching really belongs to a FS root instead of a special relocation tree. It prevents crashes during balancing operations. Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <liubo2009@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04Btrfs: make sure we don't overflow the free space cache crc pageChris Mason
The free space cache uses only one page for crcs right now, which means we can't have a cache file bigger than the crcs we can fit in the first page. This adds a check to enforce that restriction. Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04Btrfs: fix uninit variable in the delayed inode codeChris Mason
The nitems counter needs to start at zero Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-04btrfs: scrub: don't reuse bios and pagesArne Jansen
The current scrub implementation reuses bios and pages as often as possible, allocating them only on start and releasing them when finished. This leads to more problems with the block layer than it's worth. The elevator gets confused when there are more pages added to the bio than bi_size suggests. This patch completely rips out the reuse of bios and pages and allocates them freshly for each submit. Signed-off-by: Arne Jansen <sensille@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Chris Maosn <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2011-06-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: block: Use hlist_entry() for io_context.cic_list.first cfq-iosched: Remove bogus check in queue_fail path xen/blkback: potential null dereference in error handling xen/blkback: don't call vbd_size() if bd_disk is NULL block: blkdev_get() should access ->bd_disk only after success CFQ: Fix typo and remove unnecessary semicolon block: remove unwanted semicolons Revert "block: Remove extra discard_alignment from hd_struct." nbd: adjust 'max_part' according to part_shift nbd: limit module parameters to a sane value nbd: pass MSG_* flags to kernel_recvmsg() block: improve the bio_add_page() and bio_add_pc_page() descriptions
2011-06-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vapier/blackfin * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vapier/blackfin: Blackfin: strncpy: fix handling of zero lengths
2011-06-03Merge branch 'stable' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile * 'stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile: asm-generic/unistd.h: support sendmmsg syscall tile: enable CONFIG_BUGVERBOSE
2011-06-03Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6: UBIFS: fix-up free space earlier UBIFS: intialize LPT earlier UBIFS: assert no fixup when writing a node UBIFS: fix clean znode counter corruption in error cases UBIFS: fix memory leak on error path UBIFS: fix shrinker object count reports UBIFS: fix recovery broken by the previous recovery fix UBIFS: amend ubifs_recover_leb interface UBIFS: introduce a "grouped" journal head flag UBIFS: supress false error messages
2011-06-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-ktest * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-ktest: ktest: Ignore unset values of the minconfig in config_bisect ktest: Fix result of rebooting the kernel ktest: Fix off-by-one in config bisect result
2011-06-03Merge branch 'rmobile-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 * 'rmobile-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: ARM: mach-shmobile: add DMAC clock definitions on SH7372 ARM: arch-shmobile: support SDHI card detection on mackerel, using a GPIO sh_mobile_meram: MERAM platform data for LCDC
2011-06-03Merge branch 'sh-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 * 'sh-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: dmaengine: shdma: fix a regression: initialise DMA channels for memcpy dmaengine: shdma: Fix up fallout from runtime PM changes. Revert "clocksource: sh_cmt: Runtime PM support" Revert "clocksource: sh_tmu: Runtime PM support" sh: Fix up asm-generic/ptrace.h fallout. sh64: Move from P1SEG to CAC_ADDR for consistent sync. sh64: asm/pgtable.h needs asm/mmu.h sh: asm/tlb.h needs linux/swap.h sh: mark DMA slave ID 0 as invalid sh: Update shmin to reflect PIO dependency. sh: arch/sh/kernel/process_32.c needs linux/prefetch.h. sh: add MMCIF runtime PM support on ecovec sh: switch ap325rxa to dynamically manage the platform camera
2011-06-03Revert "ASoC: Update cx20442 for TTY API change"Linus Torvalds
This reverts commit ed0bd2333cffc3d856db9beb829543c1dfc00982. Since we reverted the TTY API change, we should revert the ASoC update to it too. Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lrg@ti.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-06-03Revert "tty: make receive_buf() return the amout of bytes received"Linus Torvalds
This reverts commit b1c43f82c5aa265442f82dba31ce985ebb7aa71c. It was broken in so many ways, and results in random odd pty issues. It re-introduced the buggy schedule_work() in flush_to_ldisc() that can cause endless work-loops (see commit a5660b41af6a: "tty: fix endless work loop when the buffer fills up"). It also used an "unsigned int" return value fo the ->receive_buf() function, but then made multiple functions return a negative error code, and didn't actually check for the error in the caller. And it didn't actually work at all. BenH bisected down odd tty behavior to it: "It looks like the patch is causing some major malfunctions of the X server for me, possibly related to PTYs. For example, cat'ing a large file in a gnome terminal hangs the kernel for -minutes- in a loop of what looks like flush_to_ldisc/workqueue code, (some ftrace data in the quoted bits further down). ... Some more data: It -looks- like what happens is that the flush_to_ldisc work queue entry constantly re-queues itself (because the PTY is full ?) and the workqueue thread will basically loop forver calling it without ever scheduling, thus starving the consumer process that could have emptied the PTY." which is pretty much exactly the problem we fixed in a5660b41af6a. Milton Miller pointed out the 'unsigned int' issue. Reported-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Reported-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Cc: Stefan Bigler <stefan.bigler@keymile.com> Cc: Toby Gray <toby.gray@realvnc.com> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>