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* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: (61 commits)
  Revert "xfs: increase the maximum number of supported ACL entries"
  xfs: cleanup uuid handling
  xfs: remove m_attroffset
  xfs: fix various typos
  xfs: pagecache usage optimization
  xfs: remove m_litino
  xfs: kill ino64 mount option
  xfs: kill mutex_t typedef
  xfs: increase the maximum number of supported ACL entries
  xfs: factor out code to find the longest free extent in the AG
  xfs: kill VN_BAD
  xfs: kill vn_atime_* helpers.
  xfs: cleanup xlog_bread
  xfs: cleanup xlog_recover_do_trans
  xfs: remove another leftover of the old inode log item format
  xfs: cleanup log unmount handling
  Fix xfs debug build breakage by pushing xfs_error.h after
  xfs: include header files for prototypes
  xfs: make symbols static
  xfs: move declaration to header file
  ...

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kyle/parisc-2.6: (23 commits)
  parisc: move dereference_function_descriptor to process.c
  parisc: Move kernel Elf_Fdesc define to <asm/elf.h>
  parisc: fix build when ARCH_HAS_KMAP
  parisc: fix "make tar-pkg"
  parisc: drivers: fix warnings
  parisc: select BUG always
  parisc: asm/pdc.h should include asm/page.h
  parisc: led: remove proc_dir_entry::owner
  parisc: fix macro expansion in atomic.h
  parisc: iosapic: fix build breakage
  parisc: oops_enter()/oops_exit() in die()
  parisc: document light weight syscall ABI
  parisc: blink all or loadavg LEDs on oops
  parisc: add ftrace (function and graph tracer) functionality
  parisc: simplify sys_clone()
  parisc: add LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT and CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
  parisc: allow to build with 16k default kernel page size
  parisc: expose 32/64-bit capabilities in cpuinfo
  parisc: use constants instead of numbers in assembly
  parisc: fix usage of 32bit PTE page table entries on 32bit kernels
  ...

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kyle/rtc-parisc:
  powerpc/ps3: Add rtc-ps3
  powerpc: Hook up rtc-generic, and kill rtc-ppc
  m68k: Hook up rtc-generic
  parisc: rtc: Rename rtc-parisc to rtc-generic
  parisc: rtc: Add missing module alias
  parisc: rtc: platform_driver_probe() fixups
  parisc: rtc: get_rtc_time() returns unsigned int

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6:
  udf: Don't write integrity descriptor too often
  udf: Try anchor in block 256 first
  udf: Some type fixes and cleanups
  udf: use hardware sector size
  udf: fix novrs mount option
  udf: Fix oops when invalid character in filename occurs
  udf: return f_fsid for statfs(2)
  udf: Add checks to not underflow sector_t
  udf: fix default mode and dmode options handling
  udf: fix sparse warnings:
  udf: unsigned last[i] cannot be less than 0
  udf: implement mode and dmode mounting options
  udf: reduce stack usage of udf_get_filename
  udf: reduce stack usage of udf_load_pvoldesc
  Fix the udf code not to pass structs on stack where possible.
  Remove struct typedefs from fs/udf/ecma_167.h et al.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/rcu-doc-2.6:
  Doc: Fix spelling in RCU/rculist_nulls.txt.
  Doc: Fix wrong API example usage of call_rcu().
  Doc: Fix missing whitespaces in RCU documentation.

Commit 7ca43e75

 ("mm: use debug_kmap_atomic")
introduced some debug_kmap_atomic() in wrong places.
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Commit f4112de6

 ("mm: introduce
debug_kmap_atomic") broke PPC builds with CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y:

   CC      init/main.o
  In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:25,
                   from include/linux/pagemap.h:11,
                   from include/linux/mempolicy.h:63,
                   from init/main.c:53:
  arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h: In function 'kmap_atomic_prot':
  arch/powerpc/include/asm/highmem.h:98: error: implicit declaration of function 'debug_kmap_atomic'
  In file included from include/linux/pagemap.h:11,
                   from include/linux/mempolicy.h:63,
                   from init/main.c:53:
  include/linux/highmem.h: At top level:
  include/linux/highmem.h:196: warning: conflicting types for 'debug_kmap_atomic'
  include/linux/highmem.h:196: error: static declaration of 'debug_kmap_atomic' follows non-static declaration
  include/asm/highmem.h:98: error: previous implicit declaration of 'debug_kmap_atomic' was here
  make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
  make: *** [init] Error 2
Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Acked-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6:
  crypto: ixp4xx - Fix handling of chained sg buffers
  crypto: shash - Fix unaligned calculation with short length
  hwrng: timeriomem - Use phys address rather than virt

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gerg/m68knommu: (41 commits)
  m68knommu: improve compile arch switch settings
  m68knommu: fix 5407 ColdFire UART vector setup
  m68knommu: fix 5307 ColdFire UART vector setup
  m68knommu: fix 5249 ColdFire UART vector setup
  m68knommu: fix 5249 ColdFire UART setup
  m68knommu: fix end of uart table marker
  m68knommu: switch to using generic_handle_irq()
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of tlbflush.h
  m68knommu: introduce basic clk infrastructure
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of module.h
  m68knommu: add missing interrupt line definition for UART 2
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of mmu_context.h
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of current.h
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of div64.h
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of bugs.h
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of bug.h
  m68k: use the mmu version of cache.h for m68knommu as well
  m68k: use the mmu version of bootinfo.h for m68knommu as well
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of fb.h
  m68k: merge the mmu and non-mmu versions of segment.h
  ...

* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (53 commits)
  md/raid5 revise rules for when to update metadata during reshape
  md/raid5: minor code cleanups in make_request.
  md: remove CONFIG_MD_RAID_RESHAPE config option.
  md/raid5: be more careful about write ordering when reshaping.
  md: don't display meaningless values in sysfs files resync_start and sync_speed
  md/raid5: allow layout and chunksize to be changed on active array.
  md/raid5: reshape using largest of old and new chunk size
  md/raid5: prepare for allowing reshape to change layout
  md/raid5: prepare for allowing reshape to change chunksize.
  md/raid5: clearly differentiate 'before' and 'after' stripes during reshape.
  Documentation/md.txt update
  md: allow number of drives in raid5 to be reduced
  md/raid5: change reshape-progress measurement to cope with reshaping backwards.
  md: add explicit method to signal the end of a reshape.
  md/raid5: enhance raid5_size to work correctly with negative delta_disks
  md/raid5: drop qd_idx from r6_state
  md/raid6: move raid6 data processing to raid6_pq.ko
  md: raid5 run(): Fix max_degraded for raid level 4.
  md: 'array_size' sysfs attribute
  md: centralize ->array_sectors modifications
  ...

* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm:
  [ARM] fix build-breaking 7a192ec3 commit
  ARM: Add SMSC911X support to Overo platform (V2)
  arm: update omap_ldp defconfig to use smsc911x
  arm: update realview defconfigs to use smsc911x
  arm: update pcm037 defconfig to use smsc911x
  arm: convert omap ldp platform to use smsc911x
  arm: convert realview platform to use smsc911x
  arm: convert pcm037 platform to use smsc911x
  [ARM] 5444/1: ARM: Realview: Fix event-device multiplicators in localtimer.c
  [ARM] 5442/1: pxa/cm-x255: fix reverse RDY gpios in PCMCIA driver
  [ARM] 5441/1: Use pr_err on error paths in at91 pm
  [ARM] 5440/1: Fix VFP state corruption due to preemption during VFP exceptions
  [ARM] 5439/1: Do not clear bit 10 of DFSR during abort handling on ARMv6
  [ARM] 5437/1: Add documentation for "nohlt" kernel parameter
  [ARM] 5436/1: ARM: OMAP: Fix compile for rx51
  [ARM] arch_reset() now takes a second parameter
  [ARM] Kirkwood: small L2 code cleanup
  [ARM] Kirkwood: invalidate L2 cache before enabling it

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/linux-hdreg-h-cleanup:
  remove <linux/ata.h> include from <linux/hdreg.h>
  include/linux/hdreg.h: remove unused defines
  isd200: use ATA_* defines instead of *_STAT and *_ERR ones
  include/linux/hdreg.h: cover WIN_* and friends with #ifndef/#endif __KERNEL__
  aoe: WIN_* -> ATA_CMD_*
  isd200: WIN_* -> ATA_CMD_*
  include/linux/hdreg.h: cover struct hd_driveid with #ifndef/#endif __KERNEL__
  xsysace: make it 'struct hd_driveid'-free
  ubd_kern: make it 'struct hd_driveid'-free
  isd200: make it 'struct hd_driveid'-free

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  Remove two unneeded exports and make two symbols static in fs/mpage.c
  Cleanup after commit 585d3bc0
  Trim includes of fdtable.h
  Don't crap into descriptor table in binfmt_som
  Trim includes in binfmt_elf
  Don't mess with descriptor table in load_elf_binary()
  Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h
  New helper - current_umask()
  check_unsafe_exec() doesn't care about signal handlers sharing
  New locking/refcounting for fs_struct
  Take fs_struct handling to new file (fs/fs_struct.c)
  Get rid of bumping fs_struct refcount in pivot_root(2)
  Kill unsharing fs_struct in __set_personality()

* 'drm-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6: (21 commits)
  drm/radeon: load the right microcode on rs780
  drm: remove unused "can_grow" parameter from drm_crtc_helper_initial_config
  drm: fix EDID backward compat check
  drm: sync the mode validation for INTERLACE/DBLSCAN
  drm: fix typo in edid vendor parsing.
  DRM: drm_crtc_helper.h doesn't actually need i2c.h
  drm: fix missing inline function on 32-bit powerpc.
  drm: Use pgprot_writecombine in GEM GTT mapping to get the right bits for !PAT.
  drm/i915: Add a spinlock to protect the active_list
  drm/i915: Fix SDVO TV support
  drm/i915: Fix SDVO CREATE_PREFERRED_INPUT_TIMING command
  drm/i915: Fix error in SDVO DTD and modeline convert
  drm/i915: Fix SDVO command debug function
  drm/i915: fix TV mode setting in property change
  drm/i915: only set TV mode when any property changed
  drm/i915: clean up udelay usage
  drm/i915: add VGA hotplug support for 945+
  drm/i915: correctly set IGD device's gtt size for KMS.
  drm/i915: avoid hanging on to a stale pointer to raw_edid.
  drm/i915: check for -EINVAL from vm_insert_pfn
  ...

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (54 commits)
  glge: remove unused #include <version.h>
  dnet: remove unused #include <version.h>
  tcp: miscounts due to tcp_fragment pcount reset
  tcp: add helper for counter tweaking due mid-wq change
  hso: fix for the 'invalid frame length' messages
  hso: fix for crash when unplugging the device
  fsl_pq_mdio: Fix compile failure
  fsl_pq_mdio: Revive UCC MDIO support
  ucc_geth: Pass proper device to DMA routines, otherwise oops happens
  i.MX31: Fixing cs89x0 network building to i.MX31ADS
  tc35815: Fix build error if NAPI enabled
  hso: add Vendor/Product ID's for new devices
  ucc_geth: Remove unused header
  gianfar: Remove unused header
  kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe
  net: allow multiple dev per napi with GRO
  r8169: reset IntrStatus after chip reset
  ixgbe: Fix potential memory leak/driver panic issue while setting up Tx & Rx ring parameters
  ixgbe: fix ethtool -A|a behavior
  ixgbe: Patch to fix driver panic while freeing up tx & rx resources
  ...

Fix slab corruption caused by alloc_cpumask_var_node() overwriting the
tail end of an off-stack cpumask.

The function zeros out cpumask bits beyond the last possible cpu.  The
starting point for zeroing should be the beginning of the mask offset by a
byte count derived from the number of possible cpus.  The offset was
calculated in bits instead of bytes.  This resulted in overwriting the end
of the cpumask.
Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Mike Travis <travis.sgi.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>		[2.6.29.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Implement __raw_read_lock_flags and __raw_write_lock_flags for the ia64
architecture.

[kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: typo fix]
Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Pass the original flags to rwlock arch-code, so that it can re-enable
interrupts if implemented for that architecture.

Initially, make __raw_read_lock_flags and __raw_write_lock_flags stubs
which just do the same thing as non-flags variants.
Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

SGI has observed that on large systems, interrupts are not serviced for a
long period of time when waiting for a rwlock.  The following patch series
re-enables irqs while waiting for the lock, resembling the code which is
already there for spinlocks.

I only made the ia64 version, because the patch adds some overhead to the
fast path.  I assume there is currently no demand to have this for other
architectures, because the systems are not so large.  Of course, the
possibility to implement raw_{read|write}_lock_flags for any architecture
is still there.

This patch:

The new macro LOCK_CONTENDED_FLAGS expands to the correct implementation
depending on the config options, so that IRQ's are re-enabled when
possible, but they remain disabled if CONFIG_LOCKDEP is set.
Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make ufs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make sysv file system return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make squashfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make reiserfs3 return f_fsid info for statfs(2).  By Andreas' suggestion,
this patch populates a persistent f_fsid between boots/mounts with help of
on-disk uuid record.

Randy Dunlap reported a compiling error from v2 patch like:
    fs/built-in.o: In function `reiserfs_statfs':
    super.c:(.text+0x7332b): undefined reference to `crc32_le'
    super.c:(.text+0x7333f): undefined reference to `crc32_le'
Also he provided helpful solution to fix this error. The modification of v3
patch is based on Randy's suggestion, add 'select CRC32' in fs/reiserfs/Kconfig.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make qnx4 file system return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Acked-by: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make omfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Acked-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make minix file system return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make isofs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make hpfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make hfsplus return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make hfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make fat return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make efs return f_fsid info for statfs(2), and do a little variable
renaming in efs_statfs().
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make cramfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make befs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Sergey S. Kostyliov <rathamahata@php4.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Make affs return f_fsid info for statfs(2).
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Currently many file systems in Linux kernel do not return f_fsid in statfs
info, the value is set as 0 in vfs layer.  Anyway, in some conditions,
f_fsid from statfs(2) is useful, especially being used as (f_fsid, ino)
pair to uniquely identify a file.

Basic idea of the patches is generating a unique fs ID by
huge_encode_dev(sb->s_bdev->bd_dev) during file system mounting life time
(no endian consistent issue).  sb is a point of struct super_block of
current mounted file system being accessed by statfs(2).

This patch:

Make adfs return f_fsid info for statfs(2), and do a little variable
renaming in adfs_statfs().
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <coly.li@suse.de>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: "Sergey S. Kostyliov" <rathamahata@php4.ru>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

This patch adds preadv and pwritev system calls.  These syscalls are a
pretty straightforward combination of pread and readv (same for write).
They are quite useful for doing vectored I/O in threaded applications.
Using lseek+readv instead opens race windows you'll have to plug with
locking.

Other systems have such system calls too, for example NetBSD, check
here: http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/preadv.2.html



The application-visible interface provided by glibc should look like
this to be compatible to the existing implementations in the *BSD family:

  ssize_t preadv(int d, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, off_t offset);
  ssize_t pwritev(int d, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, off_t offset);

This prototype has one problem though: On 32bit archs is the (64bit)
offset argument unaligned, which the syscall ABI of several archs doesn't
allow to do.  At least s390 needs a wrapper in glibc to handle this.  As
we'll need a wrappers in glibc anyway I've decided to push problem to
glibc entriely and use a syscall prototype which works without
arch-specific wrappers inside the kernel: The offset argument is
explicitly splitted into two 32bit values.

The patch sports the actual system call implementation and the windup in
the x86 system call tables.  Other archs follow as separate patches.
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Factor out some code from compat_sys_writev() which can be shared with the
upcoming compat_sys_pwritev().
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>