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Al Viro
1027abe882 [PATCH] merge locate_fd() and get_unused_fd()
New primitive: alloc_fd(start, flags).  get_unused_fd() and
get_unused_fd_flags() become wrappers on top of it.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-01 11:25:23 -04:00
Al Viro
a1bc6eb4b4 [PATCH] ipv4_static_sysctl_init() should be under CONFIG_SYSCTL
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-01 11:25:22 -04:00
Stephen Smalley
f418b00607 Re: BUG at security/selinux/avc.c:883 (was: Re: linux-next: Tree
for July 17: early crash on x86-64)

SELinux needs MAY_APPEND to be passed down to the security hook.
Otherwise, we get permission denials when only append permission is
granted by policy even if the opening process specified O_APPEND.
Shows up as a regression in the ltp selinux testsuite, fixed by
this patch.

Signed-off-by:  Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-08-01 11:25:21 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
94ad374a07 Fix off-by-one error in iov_iter_advance()
The iov_iter_advance() function would look at the iov->iov_len entry
even though it might have iterated over the whole array, and iov was
pointing past the end.  This would cause DEBUG_PAGEALLOC to trigger a
kernel page fault if the allocation was at the end of a page, and the
next page was unallocated.

The quick fix is to just change the order of the tests: check that there
is any iovec data left before we check the iov entry itself.

Thanks to Alexey Dobriyan for finding this case, and testing the fix.

Reported-and-tested-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 14:50:18 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
0056e65f9e romfs_readpage: don't report errors for pages beyond i_size
We zero-fill them like we are supposed to, and that's all fine.  It's
only an error if the 'romfs_copyfrom()' routine isn't able to fill the
data that is supposed to be there.

Most of the patch is really just re-organizing the code a bit, and using
separate variables for the error value and for how much of the page we
actually filled from the filesystem.

Reported-and-tested-by: Chris Fester <cfester@wms.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Matt Waddel <matt.waddel@freescale.com>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>
Signed-of-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 14:30:34 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
660fc1f4d8 Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc:
  powerpc/mm: Lockless get_user_pages_fast() for 64-bit (v3)
  powerpc: Don't use the wrong thread_struct for ptrace get/set VSX regs
  powerpc: Fix ptrace buffer size for VSX
  powerpc: Correctly hookup PTRACE_GET/SETVSRREGS for 32 bit processes
  ide/powermac: Fix use of uninitialized pointer on media-bay
  powerpc: Allow non-hcall return values for lparcfg writes
  ipmi/powerpc: Use linux/of_{device,platform}.h instead of asm
  powerpc/fsl: proliferate simple-bus compatibility to soc nodes
  Documentation: remove old sbc8260 board specific information
  cpm2: Rework baud rate generators configuration to support external clocks.
  powerpc: rtc_cmos_setup: assign interrupts only if there is i8259 PIC
  cpm_uart: Add generic clock API support to set baudrates
  cpm_uart: Modem control lines support
  powerpc: implement GPIO LIB API on CPM1 Freescale SoC.
  cpm2: Implement GPIO LIB API on CPM2 Freescale SoC.
  powerpc: Fix 8xx build failure
  powerpc: clean up the Book-E HW watchpoint support
2008-07-30 10:43:56 -07:00
Stephen Rothwell
3dd730f2b4 cpumask: statement expressions confuse some versions of gcc
when you take the address of the result.  Noticed on a sparc64 compile
using a version 3.4.5 cross compiler.

 kernel/time/tick-common.c: In function `tick_check_new_device':
 kernel/time/tick-common.c:210: error: invalid lvalue in unary `&'
 ...

Just make it a regular expression.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 10:35:49 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a4319d9fa0 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (47 commits)
  net: Make "networking" one-click deselectable.
  ipv6: Fix useless proc net sockstat6 removal
  tcp: MD5: Use MIB counter instead of warning for MD5 mismatch.
  pkt_sched: Fix OOPS on ingress qdisc add.
  niu: Fix error checking in niu_ethflow_to_class.
  IPv6: datagram_send_ctl() should exit immediately when an error occured
  mac80211: fix mesh beaconing
  PS3: gelic: use unsigned long for irqflags
  mac80211: fix cfg80211 hooks for master interface
  nl80211: fix dump callbacks
  mac80211: partially fix skb->cb use
  rtl8187: Improve wireless statistics for RTL8187B
  rtl8187: Fix for TX sequence number problem
  mac80211: append CONFIG_ to MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG in net/mac80211/tx.c.
  mac80211: fix sparse integer as NULL pointer warning
  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-led.c: printk fix
  mac80211: return correct error return from ieee80211_wep_init
  mac80211: tx, use dev_kfree_skb_any for beacon_get
  rt2x00: Clear queue entry flags during initialization
  rt2x00: Force full register config after start()
  ...
2008-07-30 10:13:37 -07:00
Vitaly Mayatskikh
afd962a9e8 x86: wrong register was used in align macro
New ALIGN_DESTINATION macro has sad typo: r8d register was used instead
of ecx in fixup section. This can be considered as a regression.

Register ecx was also wrongly loaded with value in r8d in
copy_user_nocache routine.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 10:10:39 -07:00
Dean Nelson
bd3e64c175 sgi-xp: setup the notify GRU message queue
Setup the notify GRU message queue that is used for sending user messages
on UV systems.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
5b8669dfd1 sgi-xp: setup the activate GRU message queue
Setup the activate GRU message queue that is used for partition activation
and channel connection on UV systems.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
83469b5525 sgi-xp: cleanup naming of partition defines
Cleanup naming of partition defines.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
61deb86e98 sgi-xp: move xpc_check_remote_hb() to support both SN2 and UV
Move xpc_check_remote_hb() so it can support both SN2 and UV.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
a812dcc3a2 sgi-xp: add usage of GRU driver by xpc_remote_memcpy()
Add UV support to xpc_remote_memcpy(), which involves interfacing to the
GRU driver.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
261f3b4979 sgi-xp: enable building of XPC/XPNET on x86_64
Get XPC/XPNET to build on x86_64.  Trying to modprobe them up on a non-UV
or sn2 system will result in a -ENODEV.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Cc: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
81fe7883d2 sgi-xp: add 'jiffies' to reserved page's timestamp name
Rename XPC's reserved page's timestamp member to reflect the units of time
involved.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
04de741885 sgi-xp: use standard bitops macros and functions
Change sgi-xp to use the standard bitops macros and functions instead of
trying to invent its own mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
ea57f80c8c sgi-xp: eliminate '>>>' in comments
Comments in /drivers/misc/sgi-xp has been using '>>>' as a means to draw
attention to something that needs to be done or considered.  To avoid
colliding with git rejects, '>>>' will now be replaced by '!!!' to
indicate something to do, and by '???' to indicate something to be
considered.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
8e85c23ef0 sgi-xp: add _sn2 suffix to a few variables
Add an '_sn2' suffix to some variables found in xpc_sn2.c.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
ee6665e3b6 sgi-xp: isolate remote copy buffer to sn2 only
Make the remote copy buffer an sn2 only item.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
a7b4d50920 sgi-xp: enable XPNET to handle more than 64 partitions
Enable XPNET to support more than 64 partitions.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:50 -07:00
Dean Nelson
185c3a1b4b sgi-xp: isolate allocation of XPC's msgqueues to sn2 only
Move the allocation of XPC's msgqueues to xpc_sn2.c.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
c39838ce21 sgi-xp: replace AMO_t typedef by struct amo
Replace the AMO_t typedef by a direct reference to 'struct amo'.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
7fb5e59d63 sgi-xp: separate chctl_flags from XPC's notify IRQ
Tie current IPI references to either XPC's notify IRQ or channel control
flags.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
a47d5dac9d sgi-xp: isolate additional sn2 specific code
Move additional sn2 specific code into xpc_sn2.c.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
6e41017aad sgi-xp: isolate activate IRQ's hardware specific components
Isolate architecture specific code related to XPC's activate IRQ.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
97bf1aa1e1 sgi-xp: move xpc_allocate() into xpc_send()/xpc_send_notify()
Move xpc_allocate() functionality into xpc_send()/xpc_send_notify() so
xpc_allocate() no longer needs to be called by XPNET.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
aaa3cd694c sgi-xp: base xpc_rsvd_page's timestamp on jiffies
Change XPC's reserved page timestamp to be based on jiffies.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
33ba3c7724 sgi-xp: isolate xpc_vars structure to sn2 only
Isolate the xpc_vars structure of XPC's reserved page to sn2 only.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
e17d416b1b sgi-xp: isolate xpc_vars_part structure to sn2 only
Isolate the xpc_vars_part structure of XPC's reserved page to sn2 only.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
94bd2708d4 sgi-xp: prepare xpc_rsvd_page to work on either sn2 or uv hardware
Prepare XPC's reserved page header to work for either sn2 or uv.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
908787db9b sgi-xp: create a common xp_remote_memcpy() function
Create a common remote memcpy function that maps to what the hardware
booted supports.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
bc63d387e4 sgi-xp: support runtime selection of xp_max_npartitions
Support runtime selection of the max number of partitions based on the
hardware being run on.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:49 -07:00
Dean Nelson
78ce1bbe44 sgi-xp: define BYTES_PER_WORD
Add a BYTES_PER_WORD #define.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Dean Nelson
da97052598 sgi-xp: define xpSalError reason code
Define xpSalError reason code.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Dean Nelson
355c54d2e7 sgi-xp: define is_shub() and is_uv() macros
Define the is_shub()/is_uv() macros if they've not already been defined.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
9ca8e40c13 GRU Driver V3: fixes to resolve code review comments
Fixes problems identified in a code review:
	- add comment with high level dscription of the GRU
	- prepend "gru_" to all global names
	- delete unused function
	- couple of trivial bug fixes

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
3d919e5f6b GRU Driver: driver/misc Makefile & Kconfig changes
Driver/misc changes for the GRU driver

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
0d39741a27 GRU Driver: export is_uv_system(), zap_page_range() & follow_page()
Exports needed by the GRU driver.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
3c45f69283 GRU Driver: driver makefile
This patch adds the GRU driver makefile

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
ee5b8feca3 GRU Driver: TLB flushing, MMUOPS callouts
This file contains the functions for handlinf GRU TLB flushing, This
includes functions to handle the MMUOPS callouts.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
1d09d737ab GRU Driver: /proc interfaces
This file externalizes some GRU state & statistics to the user using the
/proc file system.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
9a0deecc90 GRU Driver: resource management
This file contains functions realted to managing GRU resources provided to
the user.  Examples include GRU context assignment, load, unload,
migration, etc..

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
28bffaf094 GRU Driver: kernel services provide by driver
This file contains functions for handling services provided to other
kernel modules that use the GRU.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
142586409c GRU Driver: page faults & exceptions
This file contains the functions that manage GRU page faults and
exceptions.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:48 -07:00
Jack Steiner
78cf1de49b GRU Driver: driver initialization, file & vma ops
This file contains the functions for initializing the driver, handling
file & vma operations and for processing IOCTL requests from the user.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:47 -07:00
Jack Steiner
b2fb06fcb6 GRU Driver: kernel services header files
This patch contains the header file used to export GRU services to other
kernel drivers such as XPMEM or XPNET.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:47 -07:00
Jack Steiner
13d19498b0 GRU Driver: driver internal header files
This patch contains header files internal to the GRU driver.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:47 -07:00
Jack Steiner
4c921d4d8a GRU Driver: GRU instructions & macros
This patchs contains macros & inline functions used to issue instructions
to the GRU.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-30 09:41:47 -07:00
Jack Steiner
34d8a380d7 GRU Driver: hardware data structures
This series of patches adds a driver for the SGI UV GRU.  The driver is
still in development but it currently compiles for both x86_64 & IA64.
All simple regression tests pass on IA64.  Although features remain to be
added, I'd like to start the process of getting the driver into the
kernel.  Additional kernel drivers will depend on services provide by the
GRU driver.

The GRU is a hardware resource located in the system chipset.  The GRU
contains memory that is mmaped into the user address space.  This memory
is used to communicate with the GRU to perform functions such as
load/store, scatter/gather, bcopy, AMOs, etc.  The GRU is directly
accessed by user instructions using user virtual addresses.  GRU
instructions (ex., bcopy) use user virtual addresses for operands.

The GRU contains a large TLB that is functionally very similar to
processor TLBs.  Because the external contains a TLB with user virtual
address, it requires callouts from the core VM system when certain types
of changes are made to the process page tables.  There are several MMUOPS
patches currently being discussed but none has been accepted into the
kernel.  The GRU driver is built using version V18 from Andrea Arcangeli.

This patch:

Contains the definitions of the hardware GRU data structures that are used
by the driver to manage the GRU.

[akpm@linux-foundation;org: export hpage_shift]
Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
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>
2008-07-30 09:41:47 -07:00