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2012-07-28random: mix in architectural randomness in extract_buf()H. Peter Anvin
Mix in any architectural randomness in extract_buf() instead of xfer_secondary_buf(). This allows us to mix in more architectural randomness, and it also makes xfer_secondary_buf() faster, moving a tiny bit of additional CPU overhead to process which is extracting the randomness. [ Commit description modified by tytso to remove an extended advertisement for the RDRAND instruction. ] Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: DJ Johnston <dj.johnston@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-24dmi: Feed DMI table to /dev/random driverTony Luck
Send the entire DMI (SMBIOS) table to the /dev/random driver to help seed its pools. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-07-24random: Add comment to random_initialize()Tony Luck
Many platforms have per-machine instance data (serial numbers, asset tags, etc.) squirreled away in areas that are accessed during early system bringup. Mixing this data into the random pools has a very high value in providing better random data, so we should allow (and even encourage) architecture code to call add_device_randomness() from the setup_arch() paths. However, this limits our options for internal structure of the random driver since random_initialize() is not called until long after setup_arch(). Add a big fat comment to rand_initialize() spelling out this requirement. Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-07-19random: final removal of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOMTheodore Ts'o
The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag is finally gone from the kernel tree, only three years late. :-) Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-07-19um: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2012-07-19sparc/ldc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-19[ARM] pxa: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
2012-07-19board-palmz71: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
2012-07-19isp1301_omap: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
2012-07-19pxa25x_udc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
2012-07-19omap_udc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
2012-07-19goku_udc: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which was commented outTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule. The flag was only commented-out in the driver, but we should just remove it altogether. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>
2012-07-19uartlite: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
2012-07-19drivers: hv: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
2012-07-19xen-blkfront: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
2012-07-19n2_crypto: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
2012-07-19pda_power: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Anton Vorontsov <cbou@mail.ru> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2012-07-19i2c-pmcmsp: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: "Ben Dooks" <ben-linux@fluff.org> Cc: "Wolfram Sang" <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
2012-07-19input/serio/hp_sdc.c: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
2012-07-19mfd: remove IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM which is now a no-opTheodore Ts'o
With the changes in the random tree, IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM is now a no-op; interrupt randomness is now collected unconditionally in a very low-overhead fashion; see commit 775f4b297b. The IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag was scheduled to be removed in 2009 on the feature-removal-schedule, so this patch is preparation for the final removal of this flag. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>
2012-07-19random: remove rand_initialize_irq()Theodore Ts'o
With the new interrupt sampling system, we are no longer using the timer_rand_state structure in the irq descriptor, so we can stop initializing it now. [ Merged in fixes from Sedat to find some last missing references to rand_initialize_irq() ] Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
2012-07-19mfd: wm831x: Feed the device UUID into device_add_randomness()Mark Brown
wm831x devices contain a unique ID value. Feed this into the newly added device_add_randomness() to add some per device seed data to the pool. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-19rtc: wm831x: Feed the write counter into device_add_randomness()Mark Brown
The tamper evident features of the RTC include the "write counter" which is a pseudo-random number regenerated whenever we set the RTC. Since this value is unpredictable it should provide some useful seeding to the random number generator. Only do this on boot since the goal is to seed the pool rather than add useful entropy. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-19MAINTAINERS: Theodore Ts'o is taking over the random driverTheodore Ts'o
Matt Mackall stepped down as the /dev/random driver maintainer last year, so Theodore Ts'o is taking back the /dev/random driver. Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-07-15random: add tracepoints for easier debugging and verificationTheodore Ts'o
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-07-15random: add new get_random_bytes_arch() functionTheodore Ts'o
Create a new function, get_random_bytes_arch() which will use the architecture-specific hardware random number generator if it is present. Change get_random_bytes() to not use the HW RNG, even if it is avaiable. The reason for this is that the hw random number generator is fast (if it is present), but it requires that we trust the hardware manufacturer to have not put in a back door. (For example, an increasing counter encrypted by an AES key known to the NSA.) It's unlikely that Intel (for example) was paid off by the US Government to do this, but it's impossible for them to prove otherwise --- especially since Bull Mountain is documented to use AES as a whitener. Hence, the output of an evil, trojan-horse version of RDRAND is statistically indistinguishable from an RDRAND implemented to the specifications claimed by Intel. Short of using a tunnelling electronic microscope to reverse engineer an Ivy Bridge chip and disassembling and analyzing the CPU microcode, there's no way for us to tell for sure. Since users of get_random_bytes() in the Linux kernel need to be able to support hardware systems where the HW RNG is not present, most time-sensitive users of this interface have already created their own cryptographic RNG interface which uses get_random_bytes() as a seed. So it's much better to use the HW RNG to improve the existing random number generator, by mixing in any entropy returned by the HW RNG into /dev/random's entropy pool, but to always _use_ /dev/random's entropy pool. This way we get almost of the benefits of the HW RNG without any potential liabilities. The only benefits we forgo is the speed/performance enhancements --- and generic kernel code can't depend on depend on get_random_bytes() having the speed of a HW RNG anyway. For those places that really want access to the arch-specific HW RNG, if it is available, we provide get_random_bytes_arch(). Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15random: use the arch-specific rng in xfer_secondary_poolTheodore Ts'o
If the CPU supports a hardware random number generator, use it in xfer_secondary_pool(), where it will significantly improve things and where we can afford it. Also, remove the use of the arch-specific rng in add_timer_randomness(), since the call is significantly slower than get_cycles(), and we're much better off using it in xfer_secondary_pool() anyway. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a deviceTheodore Ts'o
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15usb: feed USB device information to the /dev/random driverTheodore Ts'o
Send the USB device's serial, product, and manufacturer strings to the /dev/random driver to help seed its pools. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15random: create add_device_randomness() interfaceLinus Torvalds
Add a new interface, add_device_randomness() for adding data to the random pool that is likely to differ between two devices (or possibly even per boot). This would be things like MAC addresses or serial numbers, or the read-out of the RTC. This does *not* add any actual entropy to the pool, but it initializes the pool to different values for devices that might otherwise be identical and have very little entropy available to them (particularly common in the embedded world). [ Modified by tytso to mix in a timestamp, since there may be some variability caused by the time needed to detect/configure the hardware in question. ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15random: use lockless techniques in the interrupt pathTheodore Ts'o
The real-time Linux folks don't like add_interrupt_randomness() taking a spinlock since it is called in the low-level interrupt routine. This also allows us to reduce the overhead in the fast path, for the random driver, which is the interrupt collection path. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-15random: make 'add_interrupt_randomness()' do something saneTheodore Ts'o
We've been moving away from add_interrupt_randomness() for various reasons: it's too expensive to do on every interrupt, and flooding the CPU with interrupts could theoretically cause bogus floods of entropy from a somewhat externally controllable source. This solves both problems by limiting the actual randomness addition to just once a second or after 64 interrupts, whicever comes first. During that time, the interrupt cycle data is buffered up in a per-cpu pool. Also, we make sure the the nonblocking pool used by urandom is initialized before we start feeding the normal input pool. This assures that /dev/urandom is returning unpredictable data as soon as possible. (Based on an original patch by Linus, but significantly modified by tytso.) Tested-by: Eric Wustrow <ewust@umich.edu> Reported-by: Eric Wustrow <ewust@umich.edu> Reported-by: Nadia Heninger <nadiah@cs.ucsd.edu> Reported-by: Zakir Durumeric <zakir@umich.edu> Reported-by: J. Alex Halderman <jhalderm@umich.edu>. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2012-07-06random: fix up sparse warningsTheodore Ts'o
Add extern and static declarations to suppress sparse warnings Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2012-06-30Linux 3.5-rc5Linus Torvalds
2012-06-30Merge tag 'fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc Pull ARM SoC fixes from Olof Johansson: "Another week, another batch of fixes. All are small, contained, targeted fixes for explicit problems -- mostly build and boot failures across i.MX, OMAP, Renesas/Shmobile and Samsung." * tag 'fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc: ARM: imx6q: fix suspend regression caused by common clk migration ARM: OMAP4470: Fix OMAP4470 boot failure ARM: EXYNOS: Fix EXYNOS_DEV_DMA Kconfig entry ARM: OMAP2+: nand: fix build error when CONFIG_MTD_ONENAND_OMAP2=n ARM: shmobile: r8a7779: Route all interrupts to ARM ARM: shmobile: kzm9d: use late init machine hook ARM: shmobile: kzm9g: use late init machine hook ARM: mach-shmobile: armadillo800eva: Use late init machine hook ARM: SAMSUNG: Fix for S3C2412 EBI memory mapping ARM: mach-shmobile: add missing GPIO IRQ configuration on mackerel ARM: mach-shmobile: Fix build when SMP is enabled and EMEV2 is not enabled ARM: shmobile: sh7372: bugfix: chclr_offset base ARM: shmobile: sh73a0: bugfix: SY-DMAC number ARM: SAMSUNG: Should check for IS_ERR(clk) instead of NULL
2012-06-30printk.c: fix kernel-doc warningsRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel-doc warnings in printk.c: use correct parameter name. Warning(kernel/printk.c:2429): No description found for parameter 'buf' Warning(kernel/printk.c:2429): Excess function parameter 'line' description in 'kmsg_dump_get_buffer' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-06-30linux/irq.h: fix kernel-doc warningRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel-doc warning. This struct member was removed in commit 875682648b89 ("irq: Remove irq_chip->release()") so remove its associated kernel-doc entry also. Warning(include/linux/irq.h:338): Excess struct/union/enum/typedef member 'release' description in 'irq_chip' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-06-30Merge branch 'v3.5-samsung-fixes-1' of ↵Olof Johansson
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kgene/linux-samsung into fixes * 'v3.5-samsung-fixes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kgene/linux-samsung: ARM: EXYNOS: Fix EXYNOS_DEV_DMA Kconfig entry ARM: SAMSUNG: Fix for S3C2412 EBI memory mapping ARM: SAMSUNG: Should check for IS_ERR(clk) instead of NULL
2012-06-30ARM: imx6q: fix suspend regression caused by common clk migrationShawn Guo
When moving to common clk framework, the imx6q clks rom and mmdc_ch1_axi get different on/off states than old clk driver, which breaks suspend function. There might be a better way to manage these clocks, but let's takes the old clk driver approach to fix the regression first. Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
2012-06-30Merge tag 'omap-fixes-for-v3.5-rc4' of ↵Olof Johansson
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap into fixes From Tony Lindgren: "Here's one more regression fix that I missed earlier, and a trivial fix to get omap4470 booting." * tag 'omap-fixes-for-v3.5-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap: ARM: OMAP4470: Fix OMAP4470 boot failure ARM: OMAP2+: nand: fix build error when CONFIG_MTD_ONENAND_OMAP2=n
2012-06-30Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux Pull ACPI & Power Management patches from Len Brown. * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: acpi_pad: fix power_saving thread deadlock ACPI video: Still use ACPI backlight control if _DOS doesn't exist ACPI, APEI, Avoid too much error reporting in runtime ACPI: Add a quirk for "AMILO PRO V2030" to ignore the timer overriding ACPI: Remove one board specific WARN when ignoring timer overriding ACPI: Make acpi_skip_timer_override cover all source_irq==0 cases ACPI, x86: fix Dell M6600 ACPI reboot regression via DMI ACPI sysfs.c strlen fix
2012-06-30Merge tag 'driver-core-3.5-rc5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core Pull driver Core fixes from Greg Kroah-Hartman: "Here is a number of printk() fixes, specifically a few reported by the crazy blog program that ships in SUSE releases (that's "boot log" and not "web log", it predates the general "blog" terminology by many years), and the restoration of the continuation line functionality reported by Stephen and others. Yes, the changes seem a bit big this late in the cycle, but I've been beating on them for a while now, and Stephen has even optimized it a bit, so all looks good to me. The other change in here is a Documentation update for the stable kernel rules describing how some distro patches should be backported, to hopefully drive a bit more response from the distros to the stable kernel releases. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>" * tag 'driver-core-3.5-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core: printk: Optimize if statement logic where newline exists printk: flush continuation lines immediately to console syslog: fill buffer with more than a single message for SYSLOG_ACTION_READ Revert "printk: return -EINVAL if the message len is bigger than the buf size" printk: fix regression in SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR stable: Allow merging of backports for serious user-visible performance issues
2012-06-30Merge branches 'acpi_pad-bugzilla-42981', 'apei-bugzilla-43282', ↵Len Brown
'video-bugzilla-43168', 'bugzilla-40002' and 'bugfix-misc' into release bug fixes
2012-06-30acpi_pad: fix power_saving thread deadlockStuart Hayes
The acpi_pad driver can get stuck in destroy_power_saving_task() waiting for kthread_stop() to stop a power_saving thread. The problem is that the isolated_cpus_lock mutex is owned when destroy_power_saving_task() calls kthread_stop(), which waits for a power_saving thread to end, and the power_saving thread tries to acquire the isolated_cpus_lock when it calls round_robin_cpu(). This patch fixes the issue by making round_robin_cpu() use its own mutex. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42981 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes <Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-06-30ACPI video: Still use ACPI backlight control if _DOS doesn't existZhang Rui
This fixes a regression in 3.4-rc1 caused by commit ea9f8856bd6d4ed45885b06a338f7362cd6c60e5 (ACPI video: Harden video bus adding.) Some platforms don't have _DOS control method, but the ACPI backlight still works. We should not invoke _DOS for these platforms. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43168 Cc: Igor Murzov <intergalactic.anonymous@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-06-30Merge tag 'pm-for-3.5-rc5' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm Pull power management fixes from Rafael J. Wysocki: * Fix for a bug in async suspend error code path causing parents to wait forever for their children in case of a suspend error from Mandeep Singh Baines (-stable metarial). * Fix for a suspend regression related to earlier changes in the ACPI cpuidle driver from Deepthi Dharwar. * tag 'pm-for-3.5-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: PM / ACPI: Fix suspend/resume regression caused by cpuidle cleanup. PM / Sleep: Prevent waiting forever on asynchronous suspend after abort
2012-06-29printk: Optimize if statement logic where newline existsSteven Rostedt
In reviewing Kay's fix up patch: "printk: Have printk() never buffer its data", I found two if statements that could be combined and optimized. Put together the two 'cont.len && cont.owner == current' if statements into a single one, and check if we need to call cont_add(). This also removes the unneeded double cont_flush() calls. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1340869133.876.10.camel@mop Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2012-06-29Merge branch 'merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc Pull powerpc fixes from Benjamin Herrenschmidt: "Here are a few powerpc fixes. Arguably some of this should have come to you earlier but I'm only just catching up after my medical leave. Mostly these fixes regressions, a couple are long standing bugs." * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: powerpc/pseries: Fix software invalidate TCE powerpc: check_and_cede_processor() never cedes powerpc/ftrace: Do not trace restore_interrupts() powerpc: Fix Section mismatch warnings in prom_init.c ppc64: fix missing to check all bits of _TIF_USER_WORK_MASK in preempt powerpc: Fix uninitialised error in numa.c powerpc: Fix BPF_JIT code to link with multiple TOCs
2012-06-29Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar. * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, cpufeature: Remove stray %s, add -w to mkcapflags.pl x86, cpufeature: Catch duplicate CPU feature strings x86, cpufeature: Rename X86_FEATURE_DTS to X86_FEATURE_DTHERM x86: Fix kernel-doc warnings x86, compat: Use test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32) in compat signal delivery
2012-06-29Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull oprofile fixlet from Ingo Molnar. * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: oprofile: perf: use NR_CPUS instead or nr_cpumask_bits for static array