linux-toradex.git/lib, branch v2.6.38-rc2

kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT

2011-01-21T01:02:05+00:00

The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option
is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope than
only small devices.

This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes
references to the option throughout the kernel.  A new CONFIG_EMBEDDED
option is added that automatically selects CONFIG_EXPERT when enabled and
can be used in the future to isolate options that should only be
considered for embedded systems (RISC architectures, SLOB, etc).

Calling the option "EXPERT" more accurately represents its intention: only
expert users who understand the impact of the configuration changes they
are making should enable it.

Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar 
Acked-by: David Woodhouse 
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes 
Cc: Greg KH 
Cc: "David S. Miller" 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Cc: Arnd Bergmann 
Cc: Robin Holt 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

2011-01-14T04:15:35+00:00

* '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
  ...

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.

decompressors: check input size in decompress_inflate.c

2011-01-13T16:03:25+00:00

Check for end of the input buffer when skipping over the filename field in
the .gz file header.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

decompressors: add boot-time XZ support

2011-01-13T16:03:25+00:00

This implements the API defined in  which is
used for kernel, initramfs, and initrd decompression.  This patch together
with the first patch is enough for XZ-compressed initramfs and initrd;
XZ-compressed kernel will need arch-specific changes.

The buffering requirements described in decompress_unxz.c are stricter
than with gzip, so the relevant changes should be done to the
arch-specific code when adding support for XZ-compressed kernel.
Similarly, the heap size in arch-specific pre-boot code may need to be
increased (30 KiB is enough).

The XZ decompressor needs memmove(), memeq() (memcmp() == 0), and
memzero() (memset(ptr, 0, size)), which aren't available in all
arch-specific pre-boot environments.  I'm including simple versions in
decompress_unxz.c, but a cleaner solution would naturally be nicer.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

decompressors: add XZ decompressor module

2011-01-13T16:03:24+00:00

In userspace, the .lzma format has become mostly a legacy file format that
got superseded by the .xz format.  Similarly, LZMA Utils was superseded by
XZ Utils.

These patches add support for XZ decompression into the kernel.  Most of
the code is as is from XZ Embedded .
It was written for the Linux kernel but is usable in other projects too.

Advantages of XZ over the current LZMA code in the kernel:
  - Nice API that can be used by other kernel modules; it's
    not limited to kernel, initramfs, and initrd decompression.
  - Integrity check support (CRC32)
  - BCJ filters improve compression of executable code on
    certain architectures. These together with LZMA2 can
    produce a few percent smaller kernel or Squashfs images
    than plain LZMA without making the decompression slower.

This patch: Add the main decompression code (xz_dec), testing module
(xz_dec_test), wrapper script (xz_wrap.sh) for the xz command line tool,
and documentation.  The xz_dec module is enough to have a usable XZ
decompressor e.g.  for Squashfs.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Decompressors: fix callback-to-callback mode in decompress_unlzo.c

2011-01-13T16:03:24+00:00

Callback-to-callback decompression mode is used for initrd (not
initramfs).  The LZO wrapper is broken for this use case for two reasons:

  - The argument validation is needlessly too strict by
    requiring that "posp" is non-NULL when "fill" is non-NULL.

  - The buffer handling code didn't work at all for this
    use case.

I tested with LZO-compressed kernel, initramfs, initrd, and corrupt
(truncated) initramfs and initrd images.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Decompressors: check input size in decompress_unlzo.c

2011-01-13T16:03:24+00:00

The code assumes that the input is valid and not truncated.  Add checks to
avoid reading past the end of the input buffer.  Change the type of "skip"
from u8 to int to fix a possible integer overflow.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Decompressors: check for write errors in decompress_unlzo.c

2011-01-13T16:03:24+00:00

The return value of flush() is not checked in unlzo().  This means that
the decompressor won't stop even if the caller doesn't want more data.
This can happen e.g.  with a corrupt LZO-compressed initramfs image.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Decompressors: validate match distance in decompress_unlzma.c

2011-01-13T16:03:24+00:00

Validate the newly decoded distance (rep0) in process_bit1().  This is to
detect corrupt LZMA data quickly.  The old code can run for long time
producing garbage until it hits the end of the input.

Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin 
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" 
Cc: Alain Knaff 
Cc: Albin Tonnerre 
Cc: Phillip Lougher 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds