Updated 'nomerges' tunable to accept a value of '2' - indicating that _no_
merges at all are to be attempted (not even the simple one-hit cache).
The following table illustrates the additional benefit - 5 minute runs of
a random I/O load were applied to a dozen devices on a 16-way x86_64 system.
nomerges Throughput %System Improvement (tput / %sys)
-------- ------------ ----------- -------------------------
0 12.45 MB/sec 0.669365609
1 12.50 MB/sec 0.641519199 0.40% / 2.71%
2 12.52 MB/sec 0.639849750 0.56% / 2.96%
Signed-off-by: Alan D. Brunelle <alan.brunelle@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6:
ACPI: introduce kernel parameter acpi_sleep=sci_force_enable
ACPI: WMI: Survive BIOS with duplicate GUIDs
dell-wmi - fix condition to abort driver loading
wmi: check find_guid() return value to prevent oops
dell-wmi, hp-wmi, msi-wmi: check wmi_get_event_data() return value
ACPI: hp-wmi, msi-wmi: clarify that wmi_install_notify_handler() returns an acpi_status
dell-wmi: sys_init_module: 'dell_wmi'->init suspiciously returned 21, it should
ACPI video: correct error-handling code
ACPI video: no warning message if "acpi_backlight=vendor" is used
ACPI: fix ACPI=n allmodconfig build
thinkpad-acpi: improve Kconfig help text
thinkpad-acpi: update volume subdriver documentation
thinkpad-acpi: make volume subdriver optional
thinkpad-acpi: don't fail to load the entire module due to ALSA problems
thinkpad-acpi: don't take the first ALSA slot by default
Introduce kernel parameter acpi_sleep=sci_force_enable
some laptop requires SCI_EN being set directly on resume,
or else they hung somewhere in the resume code path.
We already have a blacklist for these laptops but we still need
this option, especially when debugging some suspend/resume problems,
in case there are systems that need this workaround and are not yet
in the blacklist.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
ext4: Patch up how we claim metadata blocks for quota purposes
ext4: Ensure zeroout blocks have no dirty metadata
ext4: return correct wbc.nr_to_write in ext4_da_writepages
ext4: Update documentation to correct the inode_readahead_blks option name
jbd2: don't use __GFP_NOFAIL in journal_init_common()
ext4: flush delalloc blocks when space is low
fs-writeback: Add helper function to start writeback if idle
ext4: Eliminate potential double free on error path
ext4: fix unsigned long long printk warning in super.c
ext4, jbd2: Add barriers for file systems with exernal journals
ext4: replace BUG() with return -EIO in ext4_ext_get_blocks
ext4: add module aliases for ext2 and ext3
ext4: Don't ask about supporting ext2/3 in ext4 if ext4 is not configured
ext4: remove unused #include <linux/version.h>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6:
PCI/cardbus: Add a fixup hook and fix powerpc
PCI: change PCI nomenclature in drivers/pci/ (non-comment changes)
PCI: change PCI nomenclature in drivers/pci/ (comment changes)
PCI: fix section mismatch on update_res()
PCI: add Intel 82599 Virtual Function specific reset method
PCI: add Intel USB specific reset method
PCI: support device-specific reset methods
PCI: Handle case when no pci device can provide cache line size hint
PCI/PM: Propagate wake-up enable for PCIe devices too
vgaarbiter: fix a typo in the vgaarbiter Documentation
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.33' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm:
KVM: get rid of kvm_create_vm() unused label warning on s390
KVM: powerpc: Fix mtsrin in book3s_64 mmu
KVM: ia64: fix build breakage due to host spinlock change
KVM: x86: Extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS with selective updates
KVM: LAPIC: make sure IRR bitmap is scanned after vm load
KVM: Fix possible circular locking in kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device()
KVM: MMU: remove prefault from invlpg handler
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6:
ALSA: hda - Fix Oops at reloading beep devices
ALSA: hda - Don't cache beep controls
ALSA: Fix a typo in Procfile.txt
ALSA: sound/arm: Fix build failure caused by missing struct aaci definition
ALSA: hda - use snd_hda_jack_detect() again in patch_sigmatel.c
ALSA: hda - Disable tigger at pin-sensing on AD codecs
ALSA: hda - HDMI sticky stream tag support
ALSA: Fix indentation in pcm_native.c
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
block: blk_rq_err_sectors cleanup
block: Honor the gfp_mask for alloc_page() in blkdev_issue_discard()
block: Fix incorrect alignment offset reporting and update documentation
cfq-iosched: don't regard requests with long distance as close
aoe: switch to the new bio_flush_dcache_pages() interface
drivers/block/mg_disk.c: use resource_size()
drivers/block/DAC960.c: use DAC960_V2_Controller
block: Fix topology stacking for data and discard alignment
drbd: remove unused #include <linux/version.h>
drbd: remove duplicated #include
drbd: Fix test of unsigned in _drbd_fault_random()
drbd: Constify struct file_operations
cfq-iosched: Remove prio_change logic for workload selection
cfq-iosched: Get rid of nr_groups
cfq-iosched: Remove the check for same cfq group from allow_merge
drbd: fix test of unsigned in _drbd_fault_random()
block: remove Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
User space may not want to overwrite asynchronously changing VCPU event
states on write-back. So allow to skip nmi.pending and sipi_vector by
setting corresponding bits in the flags field of kvm_vcpu_events.
[avi: advertise the bits in KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS]
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Per commit 240799cd, the option name for readahead should be
inode_readahead_blks, not inode_readahead.
Signed-off-by: Fang Wenqi <antonf@turbolinux.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (30 commits)
USB: Fix a bug on appledisplay.c regarding signedness
USB: option: support hi speed for modem Haier CE100
USB: audio gadget: free alsa devices when unloading
USB: audio gadget: fix wTotalLength calculation
usb: otg: isp1301_omap: fix compile error
USB: musb: workaround Blackfin FIFO anomalies
USB: musb: Fix array index out of bounds issue
USB: musb: Fix null pointer dereference issue
USB: musb: correct DMA address for tx
USB: musb: gadget_ep0: avoid SetupEnd interrupt
USB: musb: fix for crash in DM646x USB when (CPPI)DMA is enabled
USB: musb: do not work if no gadget driver is loaded
USB: musb: gadget: set otg tranceiver to idle when registering gadget
USB: musb: Populate the VBUS GPIO with the correct GPIO number
USB: musb: MAINTAINERS: Fix my tree's address
USB: musb: fix compiling warning with min() macro
USB: musb: move musb_remove to __exit
USB: musb_gadget: fix kernel oops in txstate()
USB: ftdi_sio: sort PID/VID entries in new ftdi_sio_ids.h header
USB: ftdi_sio: isolate all device IDs to new ftdi_sio_ids.h header
...
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6:
devtmpfs: unlock mutex in case of string allocation error
Driver core: export platform_device_register_data as a GPL symbol
driver core: Prevent reference to freed memory on error path
Driver-core: Fix bogus 0 error return in device_add()
Driver core: driver_attribute parameters can often be const*
Driver core: bin_attribute parameters can often be const*
Driver core: device_attribute parameters can often be const*
Doc/stable rules: add new cherry-pick logic
vfs: get_sb_single() - do not pass options twice
devtmpfs: Convert dirlock to a mutex
This patch (as1313) updates the documentation concerning USB power
management.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Many struct driver_attribute descriptors are purely read-only
structures, and there's no need to change them. Therefore make
the promise not to, which will let those descriptors be put in
a ro section.
Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Most device_attributes are const, and are begging to be
put in a ro section. However, the create and remove
file interfaces were failing to propagate the const promise
which the only functions they call offer.
Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
- it is possible to submit patches for the stable queue without sending
them directly stable@kernel.org. If the tag (Cc: stable@kernel.org) is
available in the sign-off area than hpa's script will filter them into
the stable mailbox once it hits Linus' tree.
- Patches which require others to be applied first can be also specified.
This was discussued in http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/9/474
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Cc: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6:
ALSA: hda - Add STAC9205 PCI_QUIRK for Dell Vostro 1700
ASoC: Do not write to invalid registers on the wm9712.
ALSA: hda - Set mixer name after codec patch
ASoC: add missing parameter to mx27vis_hifi_hw_free()
ASoC: sh: FSI:: don't check platform_get_irq's return value against zero
ALSA: sound/core/pcm_timer.c: use lib/gcd.c
ALSA: hda - Add MSI blacklist
ALSA: hda - Add support for the new 27 inch IMacs
ALSA: hda - Fix NULL dereference with enable_beep=0 option
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6:
PM: Runtime PM documentation update
PM / Runtime: Use device type and device class callbacks
PM: Use pm_runtime_put_sync in system resume
PM: Measure device suspend and resume times
PM: Make the initcall_debug style timing for suspend/resume complete
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (36 commits)
powerpc/gc/wii: Remove get_irq_desc()
powerpc/gc/wii: hlwd-pic: convert irq_desc.lock to raw_spinlock
powerpc/gamecube/wii: Fix off-by-one error in ugecon/usbgecko_udbg
powerpc/mpic: Fix problem that affinity is not updated
powerpc/mm: Fix stupid bug in subpge protection handling
powerpc/iseries: use DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK for non-constant completion
powerpc: Fix MSI support on U4 bridge PCIe slot
powerpc: Handle VSX alignment faults correctly in little-endian mode
powerpc/mm: Fix typo of cpumask_clear_cpu()
powerpc/mm: Fix hash_utils_64.c compile errors with DEBUG enabled.
powerpc: Convert BUG() to use unreachable()
powerpc/pseries: Make declarations of cpu_hotplug_driver_lock() ANSI compatible.
powerpc/pseries: Don't panic when H_PROD fails during cpu-online.
powerpc/mm: Fix a WARN_ON() with CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
powerpc/defconfigs: Set HZ=100 on pseries and ppc64 defconfigs
powerpc/defconfigs: Disable token ring in powerpc defconfigs
powerpc/defconfigs: Reduce 64bit vmlinux by making acenic and cramfs modules
powerpc/pseries: Select XICS and PCI_MSI PSERIES
powerpc/85xx: Wrong variable returned on error
powerpc/iseries: Convert to proc_fops
...
This patch (as1318) updates the runtime PM documentation, adding a
section discussing the interaction between runtime PM and system sleep.
[rjw: Rebased and made it agree with the other updates better.]
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Alan D. Brunelle
Linus Torvalds
Len Brown
Zhang Rui
Jan Kiszka
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Masanari Iida
Fang Wenqi
Alan Stern
Phil Carmody
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Takashi Iwai
Randy Dunlap