Put some information (and pointers to more) into the kernel's doc tree,
describing briefly the interface to the kernel's disk head unloading
facility. Information about how to set up a complete shock protection
system under GNU/Linux can be found on the web and is referenced
accordingly.
v3:
Here is some final polish including various spelling corrections
pointed out by Grant Grundler and Peter Moulder. Also, I have added some
information about the timing constraints related to disk head parking.
The patch looks more impressive than it really is and I think it would
be alright just to incorporate it into the original patch so as not to
clutter up the git log.
Signed-off-by: Elias Oltmanns <eo@nebensachen.de>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cooloney/blackfin-2.6: (60 commits)
Blackfin arch: make sure we include the fix for SPORT hysteresis when reprogramming clocks
Blackfin arch: Fix bogus str_ident check in gpio code
Blackfin arch: AD7879 Touchscreen driver
Blackfin arch: introducing bfin_addr_dcachable
Blackfin arch: fix a typo in comments
Blackfin arch: Remove useless head file
Blackfin arch: make sure L2 start and length are always defined (fixes building on BF542)
Blackfin arch: use the Blackfin on-chip ROM to do software reset when possible
Blackfin arch: update anomaly headers to match the latest sheet
Blackfin arch: bfin_reset() is an internal reboot function ... everyone should go through machine_restart()
Blackfin arch: print out error/warning if you are running on the incorrect CPU type
Blackfin arch: remove non-bf54x ifdef logic since this file is only compiled on bf54x parts
Blackfin arch: update board defconfigs
Blackfin arch: Add optional verbose debug
Blackfin arch: emulate a TTY over the EMUDAT/JTAG interface
Blackfin arch: have is_user_addr_valid() check for overflows (like when address is -1)
Blackfin arch: ptrace - fix off-by-one check on end of memory regions
Blackfin arch: Enable framebuffer support for the BF526-EZkit TFT LCD display
Blackfin arch: flash memory map and dm9000 resources updating
Blackfin arch: early prink code still use uart core console functions to parse and set configure option string
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* 'proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/adobriyan/proc:
proc: remove kernel.maps_protect
proc: remove now unneeded ADDBUF macro
[PATCH] proc: show personality via /proc/pid/personality
[PATCH] signal, procfs: some lock_task_sighand() users do not need rcu_read_lock()
proc: move PROC_PAGE_MONITOR to fs/proc/Kconfig
proc: make grab_header() static
proc: remove unused get_dma_list()
proc: remove dummy vmcore_open()
proc: proc_sys_root tweak
proc: fix return value of proc_reg_open() in "too late" case
Fixed up trivial conflict in removed file arch/sparc/include/asm/dma_32.h
Merges oprofile, timers/hpet, x86/traps, x86/time, and x86/core misc items.
* 'x86-core-v4-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (132 commits)
x86: change early_ioremap to use slots instead of nesting
x86: adjust dependencies for CONFIG_X86_CMOV
dumpstack: x86: various small unification steps, fix
x86: remove additional_cpus
x86: remove additional_cpus configurability
x86: improve UP kernel when CPU-hotplug and SMP is enabled
dumpstack: x86: various small unification steps
dumpstack: i386: make kstack= an early boot-param and add oops=panic
dumpstack: x86: use log_lvl and unify trace formatting
dumptrace: x86: consistently include loglevel, print stack switch
dumpstack: x86: add "end" parameter to valid_stack_ptr and print_context_stack
dumpstack: x86: make printk_address equal
dumpstack: x86: move die_nmi to dumpstack_32.c
traps: x86: finalize unification of traps.c
traps: x86: make traps_32.c and traps_64.c equal
traps: x86: various noop-changes preparing for unification of traps_xx.c
traps: x86_64: use task_pid_nr(tsk) instead of tsk->pid in do_general_protection
traps: i386: expand clear_mem_error and remove from mach_traps.h
traps: x86_64: make io_check_error equal to the one on i386
traps: i386: use preempt_conditional_sti/cli in do_int3
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* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
ext4: fix kconfig typo and extra whitespace
ext4: fix build failure without procfs
ext4: add an option to control error handling on file data
jbd2: don't dirty original metadata buffer on abort
ext4: add checks for errors from jbd2
jbd2: fix error handling for checkpoint io
jbd2: abort when failed to log metadata buffers
This merges in:
x86/build, x86/microcode, x86/spinlocks, x86/memory-corruption-check,
x86/early-printk, x86/xsave, x86/quirks, x86/setup, x86/signal,
core/signal, x86/urgent, x86/xen
* 'x86-core-v2-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (142 commits)
x86: make processor type select depend on CONFIG_EMBEDDED
x86: extend processor type select help text
x86, amd-iommu: propagate PCI device enabling error
warnings: fix arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_64.c
warnings: fix arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
x86, fpu: check __clear_user() return value
x86: memory corruption check - cleanup
x86: ioperm user_regset
xen: do not reserve 2 pages of padding between hypervisor and fixmap.
xen: use spin_lock_nest_lock when pinning a pagetable
x86: xsave: set FP, SSE bits in the xsave header in the user sigcontext
x86: xsave: fix error condition in save_i387_xstate()
x86: SB450: deprioritize DMI quirks
x86: SB450: skip IRQ0 override if it is not routed to INT2 of IOAPIC
x86: replace a magic number with a named constant in the VESA boot code
x86 setup: remove IMAGE_OFFSET
x86 setup: remove DEF_INITSEG and DEF_SETUPSEG
Revert "x86: fix ghost EDD devices in /sys again"
x86 setup: fix ghost entries under /sys/firmware/edd take 3
x86: signal: remove indent in restore_sigcontext()
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* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (43 commits)
ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
ext4: Avoid double dirtying of super block in ext4_put_super()
Update ext4 MAINTAINERS file
Hook ext4 to the vfs fiemap interface.
generic block based fiemap implementation
ocfs2: fiemap support
vfs: vfs-level fiemap interface
ext4: fix xattr deadlock
jbd2: Fix buffer head leak when writing the commit block
ext4: Add debugging markers that can be used by systemtap
jbd2: abort instead of waiting for nonexistent transaction
ext4: fix initialization of UNINIT bitmap blocks
ext4: Remove old legacy block allocator
ext4: Use readahead when reading an inode from the inode table
ext4: Improve the documentation for ext4's /proc tunables
ext4: Combine proc file handling into a single set of functions
ext4: move /proc setup and teardown out of mballoc.c
ext4: Don't use 'struct dentry' for internal lookups
ext4/jbd2: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write to the superblock
ext4: use percpu data structures for lg_prealloc_list
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* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase4-D' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (186 commits)
x86, debug: print more information about unknown CPUs
x86 setup: handle more than 8 CPU flag words
x86: cpuid, fix typo
x86: move transmeta cap read to early_init_transmeta()
x86: identify_cpu_without_cpuid v2
x86: extended "flags" to show virtualization HW feature in /proc/cpuinfo
x86: move VMX MSRs to msr-index.h
x86: centaur_64.c remove duplicated setting of CONSTANT_TSC
x86: intel.c put workaround for old cpus together
x86: let intel 64-bit use intel.c
x86: make intel_64.c the same as intel.c
x86: make intel.c have 64-bit support code
x86: little clean up of intel.c/intel_64.c
x86: make 64 bit to use amd.c
x86: make amd_64 have 32 bit code
x86: make amd.c have 64bit support code
x86: merge header in amd_64.c
x86: add srat_detect_node for amd64
x86: remove duplicated force_mwait
x86: cpu make amd.c more like amd_64.c v2
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* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase3-B' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (74 commits)
AMD IOMMU: use iommu_device_max_index, fix
AMD IOMMU: use iommu_device_max_index
x86: add PCI IDs for AMD Barcelona PCI devices
x86/iommu: use __GFP_ZERO instead of memset for GART
x86/iommu: convert GART need_flush to bool
x86/iommu: make GART driver checkpatch clean
x86 gart: remove unnecessary initialization
x86: restore old GART alloc_coherent behavior
revert "x86: make GART to respect device's dma_mask about virtual mappings"
x86: export pci-nommu's alloc_coherent
iommu: remove fullflush and nofullflush in IOMMU generic option
x86: remove set_bit_string()
iommu: export iommu_area_reserve helper function
AMD IOMMU: use coherent_dma_mask in alloc_coherent
add AMD IOMMU tree to MAINTAINERS file
AMD IOMMU: use cmd_buf_size when freeing the command buffer
AMD IOMMU: calculate IVHD size with a function
AMD IOMMU: remove unnecessary cast to u64 in the init code
AMD IOMMU: free domain bitmap with its allocation order
AMD IOMMU: simplify dma_mask_to_pages
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* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (236 commits)
[ARM] 5300/1: fixup spitz reset during boot
[ARM] 5295/1: make ZONE_DMA optional
[ARM] 5239/1: Palm Zire 72 power management support
[ARM] 5298/1: Drop desc_handle_irq()
[ARM] 5297/1: [KS8695] Fix two compile-time warnings
[ARM] 5296/1: [KS8695] Replace macro's with trailing underscores.
[ARM] pxa: allow multi-machine PCMCIA builds
[ARM] pxa: add preliminary CPUFREQ support for PXA3xx
[ARM] pxa: add missing ACCR bit definitions to pxa3xx-regs.h
[ARM] pxa: rename cpu-pxa.c to cpufreq-pxa2xx.c
[ARM] pxa/zylonite: add support for USB OHCI
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: use ioremap() and offset for register access
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: introduce pxa27x_clear_otgph()
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: use platform_get_{irq,resource} for the resource
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: move OHCI controller specific registers into the driver
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: introduce flags to avoid direct access to OHCI registers
[ARM] pxa: move I2S register and bit definitions into pxa2xx-i2s.c
[ARM] pxa: simplify DMA register definitions
[ARM] pxa: make additional DCSR bits valid for PXA3xx
[ARM] pxa: move i2c register and bit definitions into i2c-pxa.c
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Fixed up conflicts in
arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c
sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-ac97.c
sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-i2s.c
manually.
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1075 commits)
myri10ge: update driver version number to 1.4.3-1.369
r8169: add shutdown handler
r8169: preliminary 8168d support
r8169: support additional 8168cp chipset
r8169: change default behavior for mildly identified 8168c chipsets
r8169: add a new 8168cp flavor
r8169: add a new 8168c flavor (bis)
r8169: add a new 8168c flavor
r8169: sync existing 8168 device hardware start sequences with vendor driver
r8169: 8168b Tx performance tweak
r8169: make room for more specific 8168 hardware start procedure
r8169: shuffle some registers handling around (8168 operation only)
r8169: new phy init parameters for the 8168b
r8169: update phy init parameters
r8169: wake up the PHY of the 8168
af_key: fix SADB_X_SPDDELETE response
ath9k: Fix return code when ath9k_hw_setpower() fails on reset
ath9k: remove nasty FAIL macro from ath9k_hw_reset()
gre: minor cleanups in netlink interface
gre: fix copy and paste error
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* 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus: (49 commits)
MIPS: RB532: provide GPIO_BUILTIN_NR and irq_to_gpio/gpio_to_irq
MIPS: Move ptrace prototypes to ptrace.h
MIPS: Ptrace support for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS
MIPS: Scheduler support for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS.
MIPS: Watch exception handling for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS.
MIPS: Probe watch registers and report configuration.
MIPS: Add HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS definitions and support code.
MIPS: Add HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS configure option.
MIPS: Replace use of <asm-generic/uaccess.h> with native implementations.
MIPS: TXx9: Add TX4939 ATA support (v2)
MIPS: Rewrite spinlocks to ticket locks.
MIPS: IP checksums: Optimize adjust of sum on buffers of odd alignment.
MIPS: IP checksums: Remove unncessary .set pseudos
MIPS: IP checksums: Remove unncessary folding of sum to 16 bit.
MIPS: Move headfiles to new location below arch/mips/include
MIPS: Alchemy: rename directory
MIPS: Optimize get_user and put_user for 64-bit
MIPS: TXx9: Implement prom_free_prom_memory
MIPS: TXx9: Add RBTX4939 board support
MIPS: TXx9: Add TX4939 SoC support
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel: (258 commits)
ALSA: hda: VREF powerdown for headphones
ALSA: hda: STAC_HP_M4
ALSA: ASoC: Check for machine type in GTA01 machine driver
ALSA: mtpav - Fix race in probe
ALSA: usb-audio: dynamic detection of MIDI interfaces in uaxx-quirk
ALSA: Add a note on dependency of RTC stuff
ALSA: ASoC: add new param mux to dapm_mux_update_power
ALSA: Increase components array size
ALSA: ASoC: Correct inverted Mic PGA Switch control in wm8510 driver
ALSA: hda: comment typo fix
ALSA: hda: comment typo fix
ALSA: hda - Fix PCI SSID for ASROCK K18N78FullHD-hSLI
ALSA: snd-usb-audio: support for Edirol UA-4FX device
ALSA: usb - Fix possible Oops at USB-MIDI disconnection
ALSA: hda - Fix another ALC889A (rev 0x100101)
ALSA: hda: add more board-specific information for Realtek ALC662 rev1
ALSA: Correct Vladimir Barinov's e-mail address
ALSA: cs46xx: Add PCI IDs for TerraTec and Hercules cards
ALSA: hda: SPDIF stream muting support
ALSA: hda: appletv support
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The Routerboard 532 bootloader passes the korina ethernet
MAC adapter address to the kernel on the command line.
Document this in the kernel-parameters file.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
If the journal doesn't abort when it gets an IO error in file data
blocks, the file data corruption will spread silently. Because
most of applications and commands do buffered writes without fsync(),
they don't notice the IO error. It's scary for mission critical
systems. On the other hand, if the journal aborts whenever it gets
an IO error in file data blocks, the system will easily become
inoperable. So this patch introduces a filesystem option to
determine whether it aborts the journal or just call printk() when
it gets an IO error in file data.
If you mount an ext4 fs with data_err=abort option, it aborts on file
data write error. If you mount it with data_err=ignore, it doesn't
abort, just call printk(). data_err=ignore is the default.
Here is the corresponding patch of the ext3 version:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/9/9/3239374
Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
The ext4 filesystem is getting stable enough that it's time to drop
the "dev" prefix. Also remove the requirement for the TEST_FILESYS
flag.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
* 'rcu-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (21 commits)
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU, fix
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU
rcu: add rcu_read_lock_sched() / rcu_read_unlock_sched()
rcu: fix sparse shadowed variable warning
doc/RCU: fix pseudocode in rcuref.txt
rcuclassic: fix compiler warning
rcu: use irq-safe locks
rcuclassic: fix compilation NG
rcu: fix locking cleanup fallout
rcu: remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE definition from rcupreempt.c
rcu: fix classic RCU locking cleanup lockdep problem
rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak
rcu: just rename call_rcu_bh instead of making it a macro
rcu: remove list_for_each_rcu()
rcu: fixes to include/linux/rcupreempt.h
rcu: classic RCU locking and memory-barrier cleanups
rcu: prevent console flood when one CPU sees another AWOL via RCU
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods, cleanups
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods
rcu classic: new algorithm for callbacks-processing(v2)
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Elias Oltmanns
Linus Torvalds
Adrian Bunk
Ingo Molnar
David S. Miller
Florian Fainelli
Hidehiro Kawai
Theodore Ts'o