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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/mtd, branch v4.4-rc6</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible property to "partitions" node</title>
<updated>2015-12-09T01:10:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Norris</name>
<email>computersforpeace@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-12-03T22:47:32+00:00</published>
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As noted here [1], there are potentially future conflicts if we try to
use MTD's "partitions" subnode to describe anything besides just the
fixed-in-the-device-tree partitions currently described in this
document. Particularly, there was a proposal to use this node for the
AFS parser too.

It can pose a (small) problem to try to differentiate the following
nodes:

	// using binding as currently specified
	partitions {
		#address-cells = &lt;x&gt;;
		#size-cells = &lt;y&gt;;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

and

	// proposed future binding
	partitions {
		compatible = "arm,arm-flash-structure";
	};

It's especially difficult if other uses of this node start having
subnodes.

So, since the "partitions" node is new in v4.4, let's fixup the binding
before release so that it requires a compatible property, so it's much
clearer to distinguish. e.g.:

	// proposed
	partitions {
		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
		#address-cells = &lt;x&gt;;
		#size-cells = &lt;y&gt;;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

[1] Subject: "mtd: create a partition type device tree binding"
    http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20151113220039.GA74382@google.com
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063355.html
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063364.html

Cc: Michal Suchanek &lt;hramrach@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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As noted here [1], there are potentially future conflicts if we try to
use MTD's "partitions" subnode to describe anything besides just the
fixed-in-the-device-tree partitions currently described in this
document. Particularly, there was a proposal to use this node for the
AFS parser too.

It can pose a (small) problem to try to differentiate the following
nodes:

	// using binding as currently specified
	partitions {
		#address-cells = &lt;x&gt;;
		#size-cells = &lt;y&gt;;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

and

	// proposed future binding
	partitions {
		compatible = "arm,arm-flash-structure";
	};

It's especially difficult if other uses of this node start having
subnodes.

So, since the "partitions" node is new in v4.4, let's fixup the binding
before release so that it requires a compatible property, so it's much
clearer to distinguish. e.g.:

	// proposed
	partitions {
		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
		#address-cells = &lt;x&gt;;
		#size-cells = &lt;y&gt;;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

[1] Subject: "mtd: create a partition type device tree binding"
    http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20151113220039.GA74382@google.com
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063355.html
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063364.html

Cc: Michal Suchanek &lt;hramrach@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mtd: ofpart: don't complain about missing 'partitions' node too loudly</title>
<updated>2015-12-04T01:50:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Norris</name>
<email>computersforpeace@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-12-03T22:26:52+00:00</published>
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The ofpart partition parser might be run on DT-enabled systems that
don't have any "ofpart" partition subnodes at all, since "ofpart" is in
the default parser list. So don't complain loudly on every boot.

Example: using m25p80.c with no intent to use ofpart:

&amp;spi2 {
	status = "okay";

	flash@0 {
		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
		reg = &lt;0&gt;;
	};
};

I see this warning:

[    0.588471] m25p80 spi2.0: gd25q32 (4096 Kbytes)
[    0.593091] spi2.0: 'partitions' subnode not found on /spi@ff130000/flash@0. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.

Cc: Michal Suchanek &lt;hramrach@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
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The ofpart partition parser might be run on DT-enabled systems that
don't have any "ofpart" partition subnodes at all, since "ofpart" is in
the default parser list. So don't complain loudly on every boot.

Example: using m25p80.c with no intent to use ofpart:

&amp;spi2 {
	status = "okay";

	flash@0 {
		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
		reg = &lt;0&gt;;
	};
};

I see this warning:

[    0.588471] m25p80 spi2.0: gd25q32 (4096 Kbytes)
[    0.593091] spi2.0: 'partitions' subnode not found on /spi@ff130000/flash@0. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.

Cc: Michal Suchanek &lt;hramrach@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mtd: nand: fix shutdown/reboot for multi-chip systems</title>
<updated>2015-11-16T18:51:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Norris</name>
<email>computersforpeace@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-10T00:37:28+00:00</published>
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If multiple NAND chips are registered to the same controller, then when
rebooting the system, the first one will grab the controller lock, while
the second will wait forever for the first one to release it. i.e., a
classic deadlock.

This problem was solved for a similar case (suspend/resume) back in
commit 6b0d9a841249 ("mtd: nand: fix multi-chip suspend problem"), and
the shutdown state really isn't much different for us, so rather than
adding a new special case to nand_get_device(), we can just overload the
FL_PM_SUSPENDED state.

Now, multiple chips can "get" the same controller lock (preventing
further I/O), while we still allow other chips to pass through
nand_shutdown().

Original report:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/59726
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-July/059992.html

Fixes: 72ea403669c7 ("mtd: nand: added nand_shutdown")
Reported-by: Andrew E. Mileski &lt;andrewm@isoar.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Scott Branden &lt;sbranden@broadcom.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew E. Mileski &lt;andrewm@isoar.ca&gt;
Acked-by: Scott Branden &lt;sbranden@broadcom.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon &lt;boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com&gt;
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If multiple NAND chips are registered to the same controller, then when
rebooting the system, the first one will grab the controller lock, while
the second will wait forever for the first one to release it. i.e., a
classic deadlock.

This problem was solved for a similar case (suspend/resume) back in
commit 6b0d9a841249 ("mtd: nand: fix multi-chip suspend problem"), and
the shutdown state really isn't much different for us, so rather than
adding a new special case to nand_get_device(), we can just overload the
FL_PM_SUSPENDED state.

Now, multiple chips can "get" the same controller lock (preventing
further I/O), while we still allow other chips to pass through
nand_shutdown().

Original report:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/59726
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-July/059992.html

Fixes: 72ea403669c7 ("mtd: nand: added nand_shutdown")
Reported-by: Andrew E. Mileski &lt;andrewm@isoar.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Scott Branden &lt;sbranden@broadcom.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew E. Mileski &lt;andrewm@isoar.ca&gt;
Acked-by: Scott Branden &lt;sbranden@broadcom.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon &lt;boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mtd: jz4740_nand: fix build on jz4740 after removing gpio.h</title>
<updated>2015-11-16T18:48:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Norris</name>
<email>computersforpeace@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-11T23:36:16+00:00</published>
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Fallout from commit 832f5dacfa0b ("MIPS: Remove all the uses of custom gpio.h")

We see errors like this:

drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_detect_bank':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:340:9: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:340:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:359:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'jz_gpio_set_function' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:359:29: error: 'JZ_GPIO_FUNC_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:399:29: error: 'JZ_GPIO_FUNC_NONE' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_probe':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:528:13: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_remove':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:555:14: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)

Patched similarly to:

https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11089/

Fixes: 832f5dacfa0b ("MIPS: Remove all the uses of custom gpio.h")
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
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Fallout from commit 832f5dacfa0b ("MIPS: Remove all the uses of custom gpio.h")

We see errors like this:

drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_detect_bank':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:340:9: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:340:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:359:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'jz_gpio_set_function' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:359:29: error: 'JZ_GPIO_FUNC_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:399:29: error: 'JZ_GPIO_FUNC_NONE' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_probe':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:528:13: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c: In function 'jz_nand_remove':
drivers/mtd/nand/jz4740_nand.c:555:14: error: 'JZ_GPIO_MEM_CS0' undeclared (first use in this function)

Patched similarly to:

https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11089/

Fixes: 832f5dacfa0b ("MIPS: Remove all the uses of custom gpio.h")
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris &lt;computersforpeace@gmail.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'upstream-4.4-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs</title>
<updated>2015-11-11T00:35:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-11T00:35:06+00:00</published>
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Pull UBI/UBIFS updates from Richard Weinberger:

 - access time support for UBIFS by Dongsheng Yang

 - random cleanups and bug fixes all over the place

* tag 'upstream-4.4-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs:
  ubifs: introduce UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT to ubifs
  ubifs: make ubifs_[get|set]xattr atomic
  UBIFS: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "iput"
  UBI: Remove in vain semicolon
  UBI: Fastmap: Fix PEB array type
  UBIFS: Fix possible memory leak in ubifs_readdir()
  fs/ubifs: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev check
  ubi: fastmap: Implement produce_free_peb()
  UBIFS: print verbose message when rescanning a corrupted node
  UBIFS: call dbg_is_power_cut() instead of reading c-&gt;dbg-&gt;pc_happened
  UBI: drop null test before destroy functions
  UBI: Update comments to reflect UBI_METAONLY flag
  UBI: Fix debug message
  UBI: Fix typo in comment
  UBI: Fastmap: Simplify expression
  UBIFS: fix a typo in comment of ubifs_budget_req
  UBIFS: use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation
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Pull UBI/UBIFS updates from Richard Weinberger:

 - access time support for UBIFS by Dongsheng Yang

 - random cleanups and bug fixes all over the place

* tag 'upstream-4.4-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs:
  ubifs: introduce UBIFS_ATIME_SUPPORT to ubifs
  ubifs: make ubifs_[get|set]xattr atomic
  UBIFS: Delete unnecessary checks before the function call "iput"
  UBI: Remove in vain semicolon
  UBI: Fastmap: Fix PEB array type
  UBIFS: Fix possible memory leak in ubifs_readdir()
  fs/ubifs: remove unnecessary new_valid_dev check
  ubi: fastmap: Implement produce_free_peb()
  UBIFS: print verbose message when rescanning a corrupted node
  UBIFS: call dbg_is_power_cut() instead of reading c-&gt;dbg-&gt;pc_happened
  UBI: drop null test before destroy functions
  UBI: Update comments to reflect UBI_METAONLY flag
  UBI: Fix debug message
  UBI: Fix typo in comment
  UBI: Fastmap: Simplify expression
  UBIFS: fix a typo in comment of ubifs_budget_req
  UBIFS: use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)</title>
<updated>2015-11-07T22:32:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-07T22:32:45+00:00</published>
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Merge second patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:

 - most of the rest of MM

 - procfs

 - lib/ updates

 - printk updates

 - bitops infrastructure tweaks

 - checkpatch updates

 - nilfs2 update

 - signals

 - various other misc bits: coredump, seqfile, kexec, pidns, zlib, ipc,
   dma-debug, dma-mapping, ...

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;: (102 commits)
  ipc,msg: drop dst nil validation in copy_msg
  include/linux/zutil.h: fix usage example of zlib_adler32()
  panic: release stale console lock to always get the logbuf printed out
  dma-debug: check nents in dma_sync_sg*
  dma-mapping: tidy up dma_parms default handling
  pidns: fix set/getpriority and ioprio_set/get in PRIO_USER mode
  kexec: use file name as the output message prefix
  fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer
  seq_file: reuse string_escape_str()
  fs/seq_file: use seq_* helpers in seq_hex_dump()
  coredump: change zap_threads() and zap_process() to use for_each_thread()
  coredump: ensure all coredumping tasks have SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP
  signal: remove jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()-&gt;allow_signal(SIGCONT)
  signal: introduce kernel_signal_stop() to fix jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()
  signal: turn dequeue_signal_lock() into kernel_dequeue_signal()
  signals: kill block_all_signals() and unblock_all_signals()
  nilfs2: fix gcc uninitialized-variable warnings in powerpc build
  nilfs2: fix gcc unused-but-set-variable warnings
  MAINTAINERS: nilfs2: add header file for tracing
  nilfs2: add tracepoints for analyzing reading and writing metadata files
  ...
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<pre>
Merge second patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:

 - most of the rest of MM

 - procfs

 - lib/ updates

 - printk updates

 - bitops infrastructure tweaks

 - checkpatch updates

 - nilfs2 update

 - signals

 - various other misc bits: coredump, seqfile, kexec, pidns, zlib, ipc,
   dma-debug, dma-mapping, ...

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;: (102 commits)
  ipc,msg: drop dst nil validation in copy_msg
  include/linux/zutil.h: fix usage example of zlib_adler32()
  panic: release stale console lock to always get the logbuf printed out
  dma-debug: check nents in dma_sync_sg*
  dma-mapping: tidy up dma_parms default handling
  pidns: fix set/getpriority and ioprio_set/get in PRIO_USER mode
  kexec: use file name as the output message prefix
  fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer
  seq_file: reuse string_escape_str()
  fs/seq_file: use seq_* helpers in seq_hex_dump()
  coredump: change zap_threads() and zap_process() to use for_each_thread()
  coredump: ensure all coredumping tasks have SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP
  signal: remove jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()-&gt;allow_signal(SIGCONT)
  signal: introduce kernel_signal_stop() to fix jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()
  signal: turn dequeue_signal_lock() into kernel_dequeue_signal()
  signals: kill block_all_signals() and unblock_all_signals()
  nilfs2: fix gcc uninitialized-variable warnings in powerpc build
  nilfs2: fix gcc unused-but-set-variable warnings
  MAINTAINERS: nilfs2: add header file for tracing
  nilfs2: add tracepoints for analyzing reading and writing metadata files
  ...
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial</title>
<updated>2015-11-07T21:05:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-07T21:05:44+00:00</published>
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Pull trivial updates from Jiri Kosina:
 "Trivial stuff from trivial tree that can be trivially summed up as:

   - treewide drop of spurious unlikely() before IS_ERR() from Viresh
     Kumar

   - cosmetic fixes (that don't really affect basic functionality of the
     driver) for pktcdvd and bcache, from Julia Lawall and Petr Mladek

   - various comment / printk fixes and updates all over the place"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial:
  bcache: Really show state of work pending bit
  hwmon: applesmc: fix comment typos
  Kconfig: remove comment about scsi_wait_scan module
  class_find_device: fix reference to argument "match"
  debugfs: document that debugfs_remove*() accepts NULL and error values
  net: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  mm: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  fs: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  drivers: net: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  drivers: misc: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  UBI: Update comments to reflect UBI_METAONLY flag
  pktcdvd: drop null test before destroy functions
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<pre>
Pull trivial updates from Jiri Kosina:
 "Trivial stuff from trivial tree that can be trivially summed up as:

   - treewide drop of spurious unlikely() before IS_ERR() from Viresh
     Kumar

   - cosmetic fixes (that don't really affect basic functionality of the
     driver) for pktcdvd and bcache, from Julia Lawall and Petr Mladek

   - various comment / printk fixes and updates all over the place"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial:
  bcache: Really show state of work pending bit
  hwmon: applesmc: fix comment typos
  Kconfig: remove comment about scsi_wait_scan module
  class_find_device: fix reference to argument "match"
  debugfs: document that debugfs_remove*() accepts NULL and error values
  net: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  mm: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  fs: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  drivers: net: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  drivers: misc: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  UBI: Update comments to reflect UBI_METAONLY flag
  pktcdvd: drop null test before destroy functions
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd</title>
<updated>2015-11-07T01:50:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mel Gorman</name>
<email>mgorman@techsingularity.net</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-07T00:28:21+00:00</published>
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__GFP_WAIT has been used to identify atomic context in callers that hold
spinlocks or are in interrupts.  They are expected to be high priority and
have access one of two watermarks lower than "min" which can be referred
to as the "atomic reserve".  __GFP_HIGH users get access to the first
lower watermark and can be called the "high priority reserve".

Over time, callers had a requirement to not block when fallback options
were available.  Some have abused __GFP_WAIT leading to a situation where
an optimisitic allocation with a fallback option can access atomic
reserves.

This patch uses __GFP_ATOMIC to identify callers that are truely atomic,
cannot sleep and have no alternative.  High priority users continue to use
__GFP_HIGH.  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM identifies callers that can sleep and
are willing to enter direct reclaim.  __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM to identify
callers that want to wake kswapd for background reclaim.  __GFP_WAIT is
redefined as a caller that is willing to enter direct reclaim and wake
kswapd for background reclaim.

This patch then converts a number of sites

o __GFP_ATOMIC is used by callers that are high priority and have memory
  pools for those requests. GFP_ATOMIC uses this flag.

o Callers that have a limited mempool to guarantee forward progress clear
  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM but keep __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM. bio allocations fall
  into this category where kswapd will still be woken but atomic reserves
  are not used as there is a one-entry mempool to guarantee progress.

o Callers that are checking if they are non-blocking should use the
  helper gfpflags_allow_blocking() where possible. This is because
  checking for __GFP_WAIT as was done historically now can trigger false
  positives. Some exceptions like dm-crypt.c exist where the code intent
  is clearer if __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is used instead of the helper due to
  flag manipulations.

o Callers that built their own GFP flags instead of starting with GFP_KERNEL
  and friends now also need to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.

The first key hazard to watch out for is callers that removed __GFP_WAIT
and was depending on access to atomic reserves for inconspicuous reasons.
In some cases it may be appropriate for them to use __GFP_HIGH.

The second key hazard is callers that assembled their own combination of
GFP flags instead of starting with something like GFP_KERNEL.  They may
now wish to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.  It's almost certainly harmless
if it's missed in most cases as other activity will wake kswapd.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@techsingularity.net&gt;
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka &lt;vbabka@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner &lt;hannes@cmpxchg.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Cc: David Rientjes &lt;rientjes@google.com&gt;
Cc: Vitaly Wool &lt;vitalywool@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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__GFP_WAIT has been used to identify atomic context in callers that hold
spinlocks or are in interrupts.  They are expected to be high priority and
have access one of two watermarks lower than "min" which can be referred
to as the "atomic reserve".  __GFP_HIGH users get access to the first
lower watermark and can be called the "high priority reserve".

Over time, callers had a requirement to not block when fallback options
were available.  Some have abused __GFP_WAIT leading to a situation where
an optimisitic allocation with a fallback option can access atomic
reserves.

This patch uses __GFP_ATOMIC to identify callers that are truely atomic,
cannot sleep and have no alternative.  High priority users continue to use
__GFP_HIGH.  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM identifies callers that can sleep and
are willing to enter direct reclaim.  __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM to identify
callers that want to wake kswapd for background reclaim.  __GFP_WAIT is
redefined as a caller that is willing to enter direct reclaim and wake
kswapd for background reclaim.

This patch then converts a number of sites

o __GFP_ATOMIC is used by callers that are high priority and have memory
  pools for those requests. GFP_ATOMIC uses this flag.

o Callers that have a limited mempool to guarantee forward progress clear
  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM but keep __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM. bio allocations fall
  into this category where kswapd will still be woken but atomic reserves
  are not used as there is a one-entry mempool to guarantee progress.

o Callers that are checking if they are non-blocking should use the
  helper gfpflags_allow_blocking() where possible. This is because
  checking for __GFP_WAIT as was done historically now can trigger false
  positives. Some exceptions like dm-crypt.c exist where the code intent
  is clearer if __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is used instead of the helper due to
  flag manipulations.

o Callers that built their own GFP flags instead of starting with GFP_KERNEL
  and friends now also need to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.

The first key hazard to watch out for is callers that removed __GFP_WAIT
and was depending on access to atomic reserves for inconspicuous reasons.
In some cases it may be appropriate for them to use __GFP_HIGH.

The second key hazard is callers that assembled their own combination of
GFP flags instead of starting with something like GFP_KERNEL.  They may
now wish to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.  It's almost certainly harmless
if it's missed in most cases as other activity will wake kswapd.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@techsingularity.net&gt;
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka &lt;vbabka@suse.cz&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner &lt;hannes@cmpxchg.org&gt;
Cc: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Cc: David Rientjes &lt;rientjes@google.com&gt;
Cc: Vitaly Wool &lt;vitalywool@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>UBI: Remove in vain semicolon</title>
<updated>2015-11-06T22:26:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Richard Weinberger</name>
<email>richard@nod.at</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-19T20:26:43+00:00</published>
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...found while browsing.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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...found while browsing.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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<entry>
<title>UBI: Fastmap: Fix PEB array type</title>
<updated>2015-11-06T22:26:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ezequiel García</name>
<email>ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-17T17:55:55+00:00</published>
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The PEB array is an array of __be32, so let's fix the
scan_pool() prototype accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia &lt;ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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The PEB array is an array of __be32, so let's fix the
scan_pool() prototype accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia &lt;ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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