linux/lib/Makefile, branch v3.10.17

lib: make iovec obj instead of lib

2013-05-23T16:17:11Z

Fix build error io vmw_vmci.ko when CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI=m by chaning iovec.o from lib-y to obj-y. ERROR: "memcpy_toiovec" [drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko] undefined! ERROR: "memcpy_fromiovec" [drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmw_vmci.ko] undefined! Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Hoist memcpy_fromiovec/memcpy_toiovec into lib/

2013-05-20T00:54:22Z

ERROR: "memcpy_fromiovec" [drivers/vhost/vhost_scsi.ko] undefined! That function is only present with CONFIG_NET. Turns out that crypto/algif_skcipher.c also uses that outside net, but it actually needs sockets anyway. In addition, commit 6d4f0139d642c45411a47879325891ce2a7c164a added CONFIG_NET dependency to CONFIG_VMCI for memcpy_toiovec, so hoist that function and revert that commit too. socket.h already includes uio.h, so no callers need updating; trying only broke things fo x86_64 randconfig (thanks Fengguang!). Reported-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: David S. Miller Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS

2013-05-01T00:04:09Z

The help text for this config is duplicated across the x86, parisc, and s390 Kconfig.debug files. Arnd Bergman noted that the help text was slightly misleading and should be fixed to state that enabling this option isn't a problem when using pre 4.4 gcc. To simplify the rewording, consolidate the text into lib/Kconfig.debug and modify it there to be more explicit about when you should say N to this config. Also, make the text a bit more generic by stating that this option enables compile time checks so we can cover architectures which emit warnings vs. ones which emit errors. The details of how an architecture decided to implement the checks isn't as important as the concept of compile time checking of copy_from_user() calls. While we're doing this, remove all the copy_from_user_overflow() code that's duplicated many times and place it into lib/ so that any architecture supporting this option can get the function for free. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Arjan van de Ven Acked-by: Helge Deller Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Chris Metcalf Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape

2013-05-01T00:04:03Z

There are several places in kernel where modules unescapes input to convert C-Style Escape Sequences into byte codes. The patch provides generic implementation of such approach. Test cases are also included into the patch. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify comment] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_random_int() to modules] Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Samuel Thibault Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Alexander Viro Cc: William Hubbs Cc: Chris Brannon Cc: Kirk Reiser Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Move utf16 functions to kernel core and rename

2013-04-15T20:23:03Z

We want to be able to use the utf16 functions that are currently present in the EFI variables code in platform-specific code as well. Move them to the kernel core, and in the process rename them to accurately describe what they do - they don't handle UTF16, only UCS2. Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming

kfifo: move kfifo.c from kernel/ to lib/

2013-02-28T03:10:23Z

Move kfifo.c from kernel/ to lib/ Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

2012-12-18T17:58:09Z

Pull powerpc update from Benjamin Herrenschmidt: "The main highlight is probably some base POWER8 support. There's more to come such as transactional memory support but that will wait for the next one. Overall it's pretty quiet, or rather I've been pretty poor at picking things up from patchwork and reviewing them this time around and Kumar no better on the FSL side it seems..." * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (73 commits) powerpc+of: Rename and fix OF reconfig notifier error inject module powerpc: mpc5200: Add a3m071 board support powerpc/512x: don't compile any platform DIU code if the DIU is not enabled powerpc/mpc52xx: use module_platform_driver macro powerpc+of: Export of_reconfig_notifier_[register,unregister] powerpc/dma/raidengine: add raidengine device powerpc/iommu/fsl: Add PAMU bypass enable register to ccsr_guts struct powerpc/mpc85xx: Change spin table to cached memory powerpc/fsl-pci: Add PCI controller ATMU PM support powerpc/86xx: fsl_pcibios_fixup_bus requires CONFIG_PCI drivers/virt: the Freescale hypervisor driver doesn't need to check MSR[GS] powerpc/85xx: p1022ds: Use NULL instead of 0 for pointers powerpc: Disable relocation on exceptions when kexecing powerpc: Enable relocation on during exceptions at boot powerpc: Move get_longbusy_msecs into hvcall.h and remove duplicate function powerpc: Add wrappers to enable/disable relocation on exceptions powerpc: Add set_mode hcall powerpc: Setup relocation on exceptions for bare metal systems powerpc: Move initial mfspr LPCR out of __init_LPCR powerpc: Add relocation on exception vector handlers ...

percpu_rw_semaphore: introduce CONFIG_PERCPU_RWSEM

2012-12-18T01:15:18Z

Currently only block_dev and uprobes use percpu_rw_semaphore, add the config option selected by BLOCK || UPROBES. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Anton Arapov Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Michal Marek Cc: Mikulas Patocka Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Srikar Dronamraju Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

percpu_rw_semaphore: reimplement to not block the readers unnecessarily

2012-12-18T01:15:18Z

Currently the writer does msleep() plus synchronize_sched() 3 times to acquire/release the semaphore, and during this time the readers are blocked completely. Even if the "write" section was not actually started or if it was already finished. With this patch down_write/up_write does synchronize_sched() twice and down_read/up_read are still possible during this time, just they use the slow path. percpu_down_write() first forces the readers to use rw_semaphore and increment the "slow" counter to take the lock for reading, then it takes that rw_semaphore for writing and blocks the readers. Also. With this patch the code relies on the documented behaviour of synchronize_sched(), it doesn't try to pair synchronize_sched() with barrier. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Mikulas Patocka Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Srikar Dronamraju Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Anton Arapov Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'x86-acpi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2012-12-14T18:03:23Z

Pull x86 ACPI update from Peter Anvin: "This is a patchset which didn't make the last merge window. It adds a debugging capability to feed ACPI tables via the initramfs. On a grander scope, it formalizes using the initramfs protocol for feeding arbitrary blobs which need to be accessed early to the kernel: they are fed first in the initramfs blob (lots of bootloaders can concatenate this at boot time, others can use a single file) in an uncompressed cpio archive using filenames starting with "kernel/". The ACPI maintainers requested that this patchset be fed via the x86 tree rather than the ACPI tree as the footprint in the general x86 code is much bigger than in the ACPI code proper." * 'x86-acpi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: X86 ACPI: Use #ifdef not #if for CONFIG_X86 check ACPI: Fix build when disabled ACPI: Document ACPI table overriding via initrd ACPI: Create acpi_table_taint() function to avoid code duplication ACPI: Implement physical address table override ACPI: Store valid ACPI tables passed via early initrd in reserved memblock areas x86, acpi: Introduce x86 arch specific arch_reserve_mem_area() for e820 handling lib: Add early cpio decoder