linux/include/asm-alpha, branch v2.6.19

[PATCH] Consolidate check_signature

2006-10-11T18:14:23Z

There's nothing arch-specific about check_signature(), so move it to . Use a cross between the Alpha and i386 implementations as the generic one. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox Acked-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] alpha pt_regs cleanups: machine_check()

2006-10-08T19:32:36Z

do set_irq_regs() in caller, kill pt_regs argument. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] alpha pt_regs cleanups: device_interrupt

2006-10-08T19:32:35Z

callers of ->device_interrupt() do set_irq_regs() now; pt_regs argument removed, remaining uses of regs in instances of ->device_interrupt() are switched to get_irq_regs() and will be gone in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] minimal alpha pt_regs fixes

2006-10-07T17:51:14Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro Acked-by: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] rename the provided execve functions to kernel_execve

2006-10-02T14:57:23Z

Some architectures provide an execve function that does not set errno, but instead returns the result code directly. Rename these to kernel_execve to get the right semantics there. Moreover, there is no reasone for any of these architectures to still provide __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ or _syscallN macros, so remove these right away. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] [bunk@stusta.de: build fix] Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Paul Mackerras Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Richard Henderson Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Russell King Cc: Ian Molton Cc: Mikael Starvik Cc: David Howells Cc: Yoshinori Sato Cc: Hirokazu Takata Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Kyle McMartin Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Paul Mundt Cc: Kazumoto Kojima Cc: Richard Curnow Cc: William Lee Irwin III Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Jeff Dike Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Cc: Miles Bader Cc: Chris Zankel Cc: "Luck, Tony" Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Roman Zippel Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Cc: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locks

2006-10-01T07:39:21Z

On systems running with virtual cpus there is optimization potential in regard to spinlocks and rw-locks. If the virtual cpu that has taken a lock is known to a cpu that wants to acquire the same lock it is beneficial to yield the timeslice of the virtual cpu in favour of the cpu that has the lock (directed yield). With CONFIG_PREEMPT="n" this can be implemented by the architecture without common code changes. Powerpc already does this. With CONFIG_PREEMPT="y" the lock loops are coded with _raw_spin_trylock, _raw_read_trylock and _raw_write_trylock in kernel/spinlock.c. If the lock could not be taken cpu_relax is called. A directed yield is not possible because cpu_relax doesn't know anything about the lock. To be able to yield the lock in favour of the current lock holder variants of cpu_relax for spinlocks and rw-locks are needed. The new _raw_spin_relax, _raw_read_relax and _raw_write_relax primitives differ from cpu_relax insofar that they have an argument: a pointer to the lock structure. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Standardize pxx_page macros

2006-09-26T15:48:51Z

One of the changes necessary for shared page tables is to standardize the pxx_page macros. pte_page and pmd_page have always returned the struct page associated with their entry, while pte_page_kernel and pmd_page_kernel have returned the kernel virtual address. pud_page and pgd_page, on the other hand, return the kernel virtual address. Shared page tables needs pud_page and pgd_page to return the actual page structures. There are very few actual users of these functions, so it is simple to standardize their usage. Since this is basic cleanup, I am submitting these changes as a standalone patch. Per Hugh Dickins' comments about it, I am also changing the pxx_page_kernel macros to pxx_page_vaddr to clarify their meaning. Signed-off-by: Dave McCracken Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[libata] No need for all those arch libata-portmap.h headers

2006-09-25T19:33:09Z

They all contain the same thing. Instead, have a single generic one in include/asm-generic, and permit an arch to override as needed. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik

Merge branch 'master' into upstream

2006-09-24T05:52:47Z

[HEADERS] One line per header in Kbuild files to reduce conflicts

2006-09-19T11:43:58Z

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse