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Ahmed S. Darwish 7a19a237d5 Documentation: explain [KMG] parameter suffix
The '[KMG]' suffix is commonly described after a number of kernel
parameter values documentation.  Explicitly state its semantics.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-21 15:07:04 -08:00
Ahmed S. Darwish 6f21e64630 Documentation: complete crashkernel= parameter documentation
Complete the crashkernel= kernel parameter documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-21 15:07:04 -08:00
Alan Cox 9cfe268ec4 Documentation: Fix kernel parameter ordering
A B C D E ...

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-26 08:57:18 +10:00
Linus Torvalds 52cfd503ad Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (59 commits)
  ACPI / PM: Fix build problems for !CONFIG_ACPI related to NVS rework
  ACPI: fix resource check message
  ACPI / Battery: Update information on info notification and resume
  ACPI: Drop device flag wake_capable
  ACPI: Always check if _PRW is present before trying to evaluate it
  ACPI / PM: Check status of power resources under mutexes
  ACPI / PM: Rename acpi_power_off_device()
  ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_power_nocheck
  ACPI / PM: Drop acpi_bus_get_power()
  Platform / x86: Make fujitsu_laptop use acpi_bus_update_power()
  ACPI / Fan: Rework the handling of power resources
  ACPI / PM: Register power resource devices as soon as they are needed
  ACPI / PM: Register acpi_power_driver early
  ACPI / PM: Add function for updating device power state consistently
  ACPI / PM: Add function for device power state initialization
  ACPI / PM: Introduce __acpi_bus_get_power()
  ACPI / PM: Introduce function for refcounting device power resources
  ACPI / PM: Add functions for manipulating lists of power resources
  ACPI / PM: Prevent acpi_power_get_inferred_state() from making changes
  ACPICA: Update version to 20101209
  ...
2011-01-13 20:15:35 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 55065bc527 Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (142 commits)
  KVM: Initialize fpu state in preemptible context
  KVM: VMX: when entering real mode align segment base to 16 bytes
  KVM: MMU: handle 'map_writable' in set_spte() function
  KVM: MMU: audit: allow audit more guests at the same time
  KVM: Fetch guest cr3 from hardware on demand
  KVM: Replace reads of vcpu->arch.cr3 by an accessor
  KVM: MMU: only write protect mappings at pagetable level
  KVM: VMX: Correct asm constraint in vmcs_load()/vmcs_clear()
  KVM: MMU: Initialize base_role for tdp mmus
  KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load
  KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits
  KVM: SVM: copy instruction bytes from VMCB
  KVM: SVM: implement enhanced INVLPG intercept
  KVM: SVM: enhance mov DR intercept handler
  KVM: SVM: enhance MOV CR intercept handler
  KVM: SVM: add new SVM feature bit names
  KVM: cleanup emulate_instruction
  KVM: move complete_insn_gp() into x86.c
  KVM: x86: fix CR8 handling
  KVM guest: Fix kvm clock initialization when it's configured out
  ...
2011-01-13 10:14:24 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 008d23e485 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (43 commits)
  Documentation/trace/events.txt: Remove obsolete sched_signal_send.
  writeback: fix global_dirty_limits comment runtime -> real-time
  ppc: fix comment typo singal -> signal
  drivers: fix comment typo diable -> disable.
  m68k: fix comment typo diable -> disable.
  wireless: comment typo fix diable -> disable.
  media: comment typo fix diable -> disable.
  remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameter
  remove extraneous 'is' from Documentation/iostats.txt
  Fix spelling milisec -> ms in snd_ps3 module parameter description
  Fix spelling mistakes in comments
  Revert conflicting V4L changes
  i7core_edac: fix typos in comments
  mm/rmap.c: fix comment
  sound, ca0106: Fix assignment to 'channel'.
  hrtimer: fix a typo in comment
  init/Kconfig: fix typo
  anon_inodes: fix wrong function name in comment
  fix comment typos concerning "consistent"
  poll: fix a typo in comment
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in:
 - drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c (moved to iwl-legacy.c)
 - fs/ext4/ext4.h

Also fix missed 'diabled' typo in drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h while at it.
2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
Linus Torvalds d24450e207 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input:
  Input: add SW_ROTATE_LOCK switch type
  Input: fix force feedback capability query example
  Input: wacom_w8001 - add single-touch support
  Input: add Austria Microsystem AS5011 joystick driver
  Input: remove aaed2000 keyboard driver
  Input: i8042 - introduce 'notimeout' blacklist for Dell Vostro V13
  Input: cy8ctmg110_ts - Convert to dev_pm_ops
  Input: migor_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops
  Input: mcs5000_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops
  Input: eeti_ts - convert to dev_pm_ops
  Input: ad7879 - convert I2C to dev_pm_ops
2011-01-13 09:58:14 -08:00
Len Brown 9e0c20bceb Merge branch 'acpi-video' into release 2011-01-12 05:02:10 -05:00
Gleb Natapov fd10cde929 KVM paravirt: Add async PF initialization to PV guest.
Enable async PF in a guest if async PF capability is discovered.

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-01-12 11:23:14 +02:00
Linus Torvalds 5a62f99544 Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (72 commits)
  powerpc/pseries: Fix build of topology stuff without CONFIG_NUMA
  powerpc/pseries: Fix VPHN build errors on non-SMP systems
  powerpc/83xx: add mpc8308_p1m DMA controller device-tree node
  powerpc/83xx: add DMA controller to mpc8308 device-tree node
  powerpc/512x: try to free dma descriptors in case of allocation failure
  powerpc/512x: add MPC8308 dma support
  powerpc/512x: fix the hanged dma transfer issue
  powerpc/512x: scatter/gather dma fix
  powerpc/powermac: Make auto-loading of therm_pm72 possible
  of/address: Use propper endianess in get_flags
  powerpc/pci: Use printf extension %pR for struct resource
  powerpc: Remove unnecessary casts of void ptr
  powerpc: Disable VPHN polling during a suspend operation
  powerpc/pseries: Poll VPA for topology changes and update NUMA maps
  powerpc: iommu: Add device name to iommu error printks
  powerpc: Record vma->phys_addr in ioremap()
  powerpc: Update compat_arch_ptrace
  powerpc: Fix PPC_PTRACE_SETHWDEBUG on PPC_BOOK3S
  powerpc/time: printk time stamp init not correct
  powerpc: Minor cleanups for machdep.h
  ...
2011-01-11 16:31:41 -08:00
Benjamin Herrenschmidt eed0ba0b4a Merge remote branch 'gcl/next' into next 2011-01-11 15:10:08 +11:00
Jiri Kosina f8313ef1f4 Input: i8042 - introduce 'notimeout' blacklist for Dell Vostro V13
i8042 controller present in Dell Vostro V13 errorneously signals spurious
timeouts.

Introduce i8042.notimeout parameter for ignoring i8042-signalled timeouts
and apply this quirk automatically for Dell Vostro V13, based on DMI match.

In addition to that, this machine also needs to be added to nomux blacklist.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
2011-01-08 01:38:11 -08:00
Linus Torvalds d7a5a18190 Merge branch 'x86-tsc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-tsc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86: Check tsc available/disabled in the delayed init function
  x86: Improve TSC calibration using a delayed workqueue
  x86: Make tsc=reliable override boot time stability checks
2011-01-06 11:08:14 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 65b2074f84 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (30 commits)
  sched: Change wait_for_completion_*_timeout() to return a signed long
  sched, autogroup: Fix reference leak
  sched, autogroup: Fix potential access to freed memory
  sched: Remove redundant CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED ifdef
  sched: Fix interactivity bug by charging unaccounted run-time on entity re-weight
  sched: Move periodic share updates to entity_tick()
  printk: Use this_cpu_{read|write} api on printk_pending
  sched: Make pushable_tasks CONFIG_SMP dependant
  sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groups
  sched: Fix unregister_fair_sched_group()
  sched: Remove unused argument dest_cpu to migrate_task()
  mutexes, sched: Introduce arch_mutex_cpu_relax()
  sched: Add some clock info to sched_debug
  cpu: Remove incorrect BUG_ON
  cpu: Remove unused variable
  sched: Fix UP build breakage
  sched: Make task dump print all 15 chars of proc comm
  sched: Update tg->shares after cpu.shares write
  sched: Allow update_cfs_load() to update global load
  sched: Implement demand based update_cfs_load()
  ...
2011-01-06 10:23:33 -08:00
Ingo Molnar aef1b9cef7 Merge commit 'v2.6.37' into perf/core
Merge reason: Add the final .37 tree.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-05 14:22:10 +01:00
Ingo Molnar 27066fd484 Merge commit 'v2.6.37' into sched/core
Merge reason: Merge the final .37 tree.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-05 14:14:46 +01:00
Jim Cromie 44dd4ff33c remove doc for obsolete dynamic-printk kernel-parameter
re:
  commit e9d376f0fa
  Author: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
  Date:   Thu Feb 5 11:51:38 2009 -0500

    dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printk

Above commit obsoleted the kernel parameter, and even removed its
entry in kernel-parameters.txt, but got reinsterted through
0cb55ad2ad ("docs: alphabetize entries in kernel-parameters.txt")

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2011-01-03 14:07:04 +01:00
Ben Hutchings 551423748a watchdog: Improve initialisation error message and documentation
The error message 'NMI watchdog failed to create perf event...'
does not make it clear that this is a fatal error for the
watchdog.  It also currently prints the error value as a
pointer, rather than extracting the error code with PTR_ERR().
Fix that.

Add a note to the description of the 'nowatchdog' kernel
parameter to associate it with this message.

Reported-by: Cesare Leonardi <celeonar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: 599368@bugs.debian.org
Cc: 608138@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .37.x and later
LKML-Reference: <1294009362.3167.126.camel@localhost>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-03 05:25:52 +01:00
Ingo Molnar 6c529a266b Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc7' into perf/core
Merge reason: Pick up the latest -rc.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-12-22 11:53:23 +01:00
Bjorn Helgaas c0f5ac5426 Revert "resources: support allocating space within a region from the top down"
This reverts commit e7f8567db9.

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
2010-12-17 10:00:59 -08:00
Zhang Rui 677bd810ee ACPI video: remove output switching control
Remove the ACPI video output switching control as it never works.

With the patch applied,
ACPI video driver still catches the video output notification,
but it does nothing but raises the notification to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2010-12-14 00:04:52 -05:00
Don Zickus 5dc3055879 x86, NMI: Add back unknown_nmi_panic and nmi_watchdog sysctls
Originally adapted from Huang Ying's patch which moved the
unknown_nmi_panic to the traps.c file.  Because the old nmi
watchdog was deleted before this change happened, the
unknown_nmi_panic sysctl was lost.  This re-adds it.

Also, the nmi_watchdog sysctl was re-implemented and its
documentation updated accordingly.

Patch-inspired-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
LKML-Reference: <1291068437-5331-3-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-12-10 00:01:06 +01:00
Ingo Molnar 8e9255e6a2 Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core
Merge reason: we want to queue up dependent cleanup

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-12-08 20:15:29 +01:00
John Stultz b0f969009f Merge remote branch 'tip/x86/tsc' into fortglx/2.6.38/tip/x86/tsc
Conflicts:
	Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
2010-12-02 16:47:52 -08:00
Mike Galbraith 5091faa449 sched: Add 'autogroup' scheduling feature: automated per session task groups
A recurring complaint from CFS users is that parallel kbuild has
a negative impact on desktop interactivity.  This patch
implements an idea from Linus, to automatically create task
groups.  Currently, only per session autogroups are implemented,
but the patch leaves the way open for enhancement.

Implementation: each task's signal struct contains an inherited
pointer to a refcounted autogroup struct containing a task group
pointer, the default for all tasks pointing to the
init_task_group.  When a task calls setsid(), a new task group
is created, the process is moved into the new task group, and a
reference to the preveious task group is dropped.  Child
processes inherit this task group thereafter, and increase it's
refcount.  When the last thread of a process exits, the
process's reference is dropped, such that when the last process
referencing an autogroup exits, the autogroup is destroyed.

At runqueue selection time, IFF a task has no cgroup assignment,
its current autogroup is used.

Autogroup bandwidth is controllable via setting it's nice level
through the proc filesystem:

  cat /proc/<pid>/autogroup

Displays the task's group and the group's nice level.

  echo <nice level> > /proc/<pid>/autogroup

Sets the task group's shares to the weight of nice <level> task.
Setting nice level is rate limited for !admin users due to the
abuse risk of task group locking.

The feature is enabled from boot by default if
CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y is selected, but can be disabled via
the boot option noautogroup, and can also be turned on/off on
the fly via:

  echo [01] > /proc/sys/kernel/sched_autogroup_enabled

... which will automatically move tasks to/from the root task group.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
[ Removed the task_group_path() debug code, and fixed !EVENTFD build failure. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
LKML-Reference: <1290281700.28711.9.camel@maggy.simson.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-11-30 16:03:35 +01:00