linux-toradex.git/drivers/mtd, branch v2.6.38-rc4

Revert "UBI: use mtd->writebufsize to set minimal I/O unit size"

2011-01-29T16:27:13+00:00

This reverts commit a121f643993474548fe98144514c50dd4f3dbe76.

Unfortunately, this commit breaks UBIFS backward compatibility and
makes new UBIFS refuse older UBIFS-formatted media:

UBIFS error: validate_sb: min. I/O unit mismatch: 8 in superblock, 64 real

Thus, we have to revert this patch and work on a better solution.

Reported-by: Holger Brunck 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6

2011-01-17T19:15:30+00:00

* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (59 commits)
  mtd: mtdpart: disallow reading OOB past the end of the partition
  mtd: pxa3xx_nand: NULL dereference in pxa3xx_nand_probe
  UBI: use mtd->writebufsize to set minimal I/O unit size
  mtd: initialize writebufsize in the MTD object of a partition
  mtd: onenand: add mtd->writebufsize initialization
  mtd: nand: add mtd->writebufsize initialization
  mtd: cfi: add writebufsize initialization
  mtd: add writebufsize field to mtd_info struct
  mtd: OneNAND: OMAP2/3: prevent regulator sleeping while OneNAND is in use
  mtd: OneNAND: add enable / disable methods to onenand_chip
  mtd: m25p80: Fix JEDEC ID for AT26DF321
  mtd: txx9ndfmc: limit transfer bytes to 512 (ECC provides 6 bytes max)
  mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: add support for Samsung K8D3x16UxC NOR chips
  mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: add support for Samsung K8D6x16UxM NOR chips
  mtd: nand: ams-delta: drop omap_read/write, use ioremap
  mtd: m25p80: add debugging trace in sst_write
  mtd: nand: ams-delta: select for built-in by default
  mtd: OneNAND: lighten scary initial bad block messages
  mtd: OneNAND: OMAP2/3: add support for command line partitioning
  mtd: nand: rearrange ONFI revision checking, add ONFI 2.3
  ...

Fix up trivial conflict in drivers/mtd/Kconfig as per DavidW.

mtd: mtdpart: disallow reading OOB past the end of the partition

2011-01-17T15:25:48+00:00

This patch fixes the mtdpart bug which allows users reading OOB past the
end of the partition. This happens because 'part_read_oob()' allows reading
multiple OOB areas in one go, and mtdparts does not validate the OOB
length in the request.

Although there is such check in 'nand_do_read_oob()' in nand_base.c, but
it checks that we do not read past the flash chip, not the partition,
because in nand_base.c we work with the whole chip (e.g., mtd->size
in nand_base.c is the size of the whole chip). So this check cannot
be done correctly in nand_base.c and should be instead done in mtdparts.c.

This problem was reported by Jason Liu  and reproduced
with nandsim:

$ modprobe nandsim first_id_byte=0x20 second_id_byte=0xaa third_id_byte=0x00 \
                   fourth_id_byte=0x15 parts=0x400,0x400
$ modprobe nandsim mtd_oobtest.ko dev=0
$ dmesg
= snip =
mtd_oobtest: attempting to read past end of device
mtd_oobtest: an error is expected...
mtd_oobtest: error: read past end of device
= snip =
mtd_oobtest: finished with 2 errors

Reported-by: Jason Liu 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy 
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

sanitize vfsmount refcounting changes

2011-01-16T18:47:07+00:00

Instead of splitting refcount between (per-cpu) mnt_count
and (SMP-only) mnt_longrefs, make all references contribute
to mnt_count again and keep track of how many are longterm
ones.

Accounting rules for longterm count:
	* 1 for each fs_struct.root.mnt
	* 1 for each fs_struct.pwd.mnt
	* 1 for having non-NULL ->mnt_ns
	* decrement to 0 happens only under vfsmount lock exclusive

That allows nice common case for mntput() - since we can't drop the
final reference until after mnt_longterm has reached 0 due to the rules
above, mntput() can grab vfsmount lock shared and check mnt_longterm.
If it turns out to be non-zero (which is the common case), we know
that this is not the final mntput() and can just blindly decrement
percpu mnt_count.  Otherwise we grab vfsmount lock exclusive and
do usual decrement-and-check of percpu mnt_count.

For fs_struct.c we have mnt_make_longterm() and mnt_make_shortterm();
namespace.c uses the latter in places where we don't already hold
vfsmount lock exclusive and opencodes a few remaining spots where
we need to manipulate mnt_longterm.

Note that we mostly revert the code outside of fs/namespace.c back
to what we used to have; in particular, normal code doesn't need
to care about two kinds of references, etc.  And we get to keep
the optimization Nick's variant had bought us...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2011-01-13T18:45:01+00:00

* 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (43 commits)
  block: ensure that completion error gets properly traced
  blktrace: add missing probe argument to block_bio_complete
  block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_group
  block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_queue
  block: trace event block fix unassigned field
  block: add internal hd part table references
  block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
  kref: add kref_test_and_get
  bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive
  block: make kblockd_workqueue smarter
  Revert "sd: implement sd_check_events()"
  block: Clean up exit_io_context() source code.
  Fix compile warnings due to missing removal of a 'ret' variable
  fs/block: type signature of major_to_index(int) to major_to_index(unsigned)
  block: convert !IS_ERR(p) && p to !IS_ERR_NOR_NULL(p)
  cfq-iosched: don't check cfqg in choose_service_tree()
  fs/splice: Pull buf->ops->confirm() from splice_from_pipe actors
  cdrom: export cdrom_check_events()
  sd: implement sd_check_events()
  sr: implement sr_check_events()
  ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2011-01-13T18:27:28+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (41 commits)
  fs: add documentation on fallocate hole punching
  Gfs2: fail if we try to use hole punch
  Btrfs: fail if we try to use hole punch
  Ext4: fail if we try to use hole punch
  Ocfs2: handle hole punching via fallocate properly
  XFS: handle hole punching via fallocate properly
  fs: add hole punching to fallocate
  vfs: pass struct file to do_truncate on O_TRUNC opens (try #2)
  fix signedness mess in rw_verify_area() on 64bit architectures
  fs: fix kernel-doc for dcache::prepend_path
  fs: fix kernel-doc for dcache::d_validate
  sanitize ecryptfs ->mount()
  switch afs
  move internal-only parts of ncpfs headers to fs/ncpfs
  switch ncpfs
  switch 9p
  pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo()
  switch hostfs
  switch affs
  switch configfs
  ...

Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2011-01-13T18:05:56+00:00

* '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.

kmsg_dump: constrain mtdoops and ramoops to perform their actions only for KMSG_DUMP_PANIC

2011-01-13T16:03:07+00:00

This series aims to develop logging facility for enterprise use.

It is important to save kernel messages reliably on enterprise system
because they are helpful for diagnosing system.

This series add kmsg_dump() to the paths loosing kernel messages.  The use
case is the following.

[Use case of reboot/poweroff/halt/emergency_restart]

 My company has often experienced the followings in our support service.
 - Customer's system suddenly reboots.
 - Customers ask us to investigate the reason of the reboot.

We recognize the fact itself because boot messages remain in
/var/log/messages.  However, we can't investigate the reason why the
system rebooted, because the last messages don't remain.  And off course
we can't explain the reason.

We can solve above problem with this patch as follows.

 Case1: reboot with command
   - We can see "Restarting system with command:" or ""Restarting system.".

 Case2: halt with command
   - We can see "System halted.".

 Case3: poweroff with command
   - We can see " Power down.".

 Case4: emergency_restart with sysrq.
   - We can see "Sysrq:" outputted in __handle_sysrq().

 Case5: emergency_restart with softdog.
   - We can see "Initiating system reboot" in watchdog_fire().

So, we can distinguish the reason of reboot, poweroff, halt and emergency_restart.

If customer executed reboot command, you may think the customer should
know the fact.  However, they often claim they don't execute the command
when they rebooted system by mistake.

No message remains on the current Linux kernel, so we can't show the proof
to the customer.  This patch improves this situation.

This patch:

Alters mtdoops and ramoops to perform their actions only for
KMSG_DUMP_PANIC, KMSG_DUMP_OOPS and KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC because they would
like to log crashes only.

Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi 
Cc: David Woodhouse 
Cc: Marco Stornelli 
Reviewed-by: Artem Bityutskiy 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo()

2011-01-13T01:03:43+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6

2011-01-10T16:57:03+00:00

* 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6: (29 commits)
  of/flattree: forward declare struct device_node in of_fdt.h
  ipmi: explicitly include of_address.h and of_irq.h
  sparc: explicitly cast negative phandle checks to s32
  powerpc/405: Fix missing #{address,size}-cells in i2c node
  powerpc/5200: dts: refactor dts files
  powerpc/5200: dts: Change combatible strings on localbus
  powerpc/5200: dts: remove unused properties
  powerpc/5200: dts: rename nodes to prepare for refactoring dts files
  of/flattree: Update dtc to current mainline.
  of/device: Don't register disabled devices
  powerpc/dts: fix syntax bugs in bluestone.dts
  of: Fixes for OF probing on little endian systems
  of: make drivers depend on CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF
  of/flattree: Add of_flat_dt_match() helper function
  of_serial: explicitly include of_irq.h
  of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_device_tree and add fdt_unflatten_tree
  of/flattree: Reorder unflatten_dt_node
  of/flattree: Refactor unflatten_dt_node
  of/flattree: Add non-boottime device tree functions
  of/flattree: Add Kconfig for EARLY_FLATTREE
  ...

Fix up trivial conflict in arch/sparc/prom/tree_32.c as per Grant.