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3033 Commits

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Jeff Garzik
8d4ee71ff6 Merge branch 'max-sect' into upstream 2006-05-15 11:27:47 -04:00
Jeff Garzik
efa6e7e9d4 Merge branch 'for-jeff' of git://htj.dyndns.org/libata-tj into tejun-merge 2006-05-15 11:26:53 -04:00
Jeff Garzik
5006ecc2d5 Merge branch 'master' into upstream 2006-05-15 11:26:03 -04:00
Tejun Heo
a6e6ce8e8d [PATCH] libata-ncq: implement NCQ device configuration
Now that all NCQ related stuff are in place, implement NCQ device
configuration and bump ATA_MAX_QUEUE to 32 thus activating NCQ
support.

Original implementation is from Jens Axboe.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 21:03:48 +09:00
Tejun Heo
dedaf2b036 [PATCH] libata-ncq: implement ap->qc_active, ap->sactive and complete helper
Add ap->qc_active and ap->sactive, mask of all active qcs and libata's
view of the SActive register, respectively.  Also, implement
ata_qc_complete_multiple() which takes new qc_active mask and complete
multiple qcs according to the mask.

These will be used to track NCQ commands and complete them.  The
distinction between ap->qc_active and ap->sactive is also useful for
later PM implementation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 21:03:43 +09:00
Tejun Heo
6cec4a3943 [PATCH] libata-ncq: rename ap->qactive to ap->qc_allocated
Rename ap->qactive to ap->qc_allocated.  This is to accomodate
addition of ap->qc_active, mask of active qcs.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 21:03:41 +09:00
Tejun Heo
88e490340e [PATCH] libata-ncq: add NCQ related ATA/libata constants and macros
Add NCQ related ATA/libata constants and macros.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 21:03:38 +09:00
Tejun Heo
12436c30f4 Merge branch 'irq-pio'
Conflicts:

	drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
	include/linux/libata.h
2006-05-15 20:59:15 +09:00
Tejun Heo
6d97dbd72d [PATCH] libata-eh: implement BMDMA EH
Implement stock BMDMA error handling methods.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:24 +09:00
Tejun Heo
022bdb075b [PATCH] libata-eh: implement new EH
Implement new EH.  The exported interface is ata_do_eh() which is to
be called from ->error_handler and performs the following steps to
recover the failed port.

ata_eh_autopsy() : analyze SError/TF, determine the cause of failure
		   and required recovery actions and record it in
		   ap->eh_context
ata_eh_report()	 : report the failure to user
ata_eh_recover() : perform recovery actions described in ap->eh_context
ata_eh_finish()	 : finish failed qcs

LLDDs can customize error handling by modifying eh_context before
calling ata_do_eh() or, if necessary, doing so inbetween each major
steps by calling each step explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:22 +09:00
Tejun Heo
f3e81b19aa [PATCH] libata-eh: implement ata_eh_info and ata_eh_context
struct ata_eh_info serves as the communication channel between
execution path and EH.  Execution path describes detected error
condition in ap->eh_info and EH recovers the port using it.  To avoid
missing error conditions detected during EH, EH makes its own copy of
eh_info and clears it on entry allowing error info to accumulate
during EH.

Most EH states including EH's copy of eh_info are stored in
ap->eh_context (struct ata_eh_context) which is owned by EH and thus
doesn't require any synchronization to access and alter.  This
standardized context makes it easy to integrate various parts of EH
and extend EH to handle multiple links (for PM).

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:21 +09:00
Tejun Heo
0c247c559c [PATCH] libata-eh: implement dev->ering
This patch implements ata_ering and uses it to define dev->ering.

ata_ering is a ring buffer which records libata errors - whether a
command was for normar IO request, err_mask and timestamp.  Errors are
recorded per-device in dev->ering.  This will be used by EH to
determine recovery actions.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:19 +09:00
Tejun Heo
9be1e979f2 [PATCH] libata-eh: add ATA and libata flags for new EH
Add ATA and libata flags to be used by new EH.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:17 +09:00
Tejun Heo
ad9e276244 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: update ata_scsi_error() for new EH
Update ata_scsi_error() for new EH.  ata_scsi_error() is responsible
for claiming timed out qcs and invoking ->error_handler in safe and
synchronized manner.  As the state of the controller is unknown if a
qc has timed out, the port is frozen in such cases.

Note that ata_scsi_timed_out() isn't used for new EH.  This is because
a timed out qc cannot be claimed by EH without freezing the port and
freezing the port in ata_scsi_timed_out() results in unnecessary
abortion of other active qcs.  ata_scsi_timed_out() can be removed
once all drivers are converted to new EH.

While at it, add 'TODO: kill' comments to old EH functions.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:12 +09:00
Tejun Heo
e318049949 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: implement freeze/thaw
Freezing is performed atomic w.r.t. host_set->lock and once frozen
LLDD is not allowed to access the port or any qc on it.  Also, libata
makes sure that no new qc gets issued to a frozen port.

A frozen port is thawed after a reset operation completes
successfully, so reset methods must do its job while the port is
frozen.  During initialization all ports get frozen before requesting
IRQ, so reset methods are always invoked on a frozen port.

Optional ->freeze and ->thaw operations notify LLDD that the port is
being frozen and thawed, respectively.  LLDD can disable/enable
hardware interrupt in these callbacks if the controller's IRQ mask can
be changed dynamically.  If the controller doesn't allow such
operation, LLDD can check for frozen state in the interrupt handler
and ack/clear interrupts unconditionally while frozen.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:09 +09:00
Tejun Heo
7b70fc0398 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: implement ata_port_schedule_eh() and ata_port_abort()
ata_port_schedule_eh() directly schedules EH for @ap without
associated qc.  Once EH scheduled, no further qc is allowed and EH
kicks in as soon as all currently active qc's are drained.

ata_port_abort() schedules all currently active commands for EH by
qc_completing them with ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED set.  If ata_port_abort()
doesn't find any qc to abort, it directly schedule EH using
ata_port_schedule_eh().

These two functions provide ways to invoke EH for conditions which
aren't directly related to any specfic qc.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:07 +09:00
Tejun Heo
f686bcb807 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: implement new EH scheduling via error completion
There are several ways a qc can get schedule for EH in new EH.  This
patch implements one of them - completing a qc with ATA_QCFLAG_FAILED
set or with non-zero qc->err_mask.  ALL such qc's are examined by EH.

New EH schedules a qc for EH from completion iff ->error_handler is
implemented, qc is marked as failed or qc->err_mask is non-zero and
the command is not an internal command (internal cmd is handled via
->post_internal_cmd).  The EH scheduling itself is performed by asking
SCSI midlayer to schedule EH for the specified scmd.

For drivers implementing old-EH, nothing changes.  As this change
makes ata_qc_complete() rather large, it's not inlined anymore and
__ata_qc_complete() is exported to other parts of libata for later
use.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:05 +09:00
Tejun Heo
f69499f42c [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: update ata_qc_from_tag() to enforce normal/EH qc ownership
New EH framework has clear distinction about who owns a qc.  Every qc
starts owned by normal execution path - PIO, interrupt or whatever.
When an exception condition occurs which affects the qc, the qc gets
scheduled for EH.  Note that some events (say, link lost and regained,
command timeout) may schedule qc's which are not directly related but
could have been affected for EH too.  Scheduling for EH is atomic
w.r.t. ap->host_set->lock and once schedule for EH, normal execution
path is not allowed to access the qc in whatever way.  (PIO
synchronization acts a bit different and will be dealt with later)

This patch make ata_qc_from_tag() check whether a qc is active and
owned by normal path before returning it.  If conditions don't match,
NULL is returned and thus access to the qc is denied.
__ata_qc_from_tag() is the original ata_qc_from_tag() and is used by
libata core/EH layers to access inactive/failed qc's.

This change is applied only if the associated LLDD implements new EH
as indicated by non-NULL ->error_handler

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:03 +09:00
Tejun Heo
2ab7db1ff1 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: use special reserved tag and qc for internal commands
New EH may issue internal commands to recover from error while failed
qc's are still hanging around.  To allow such usage, reserve tag
ATA_MAX_QUEUE-1 for internal command.  This also makes it easy to tell
whether a qc is for internal command or not.  ata_tag_internal() test
implements this test.

To avoid breaking existing drivers, ata_exec_internal() uses
ATA_TAG_INTERNAL only for drivers which implement ->error_handler.
For drivers using old EH, tag 0 is used.  Note that this makes
ata_tag_internal() test valid only when ->error_handler is
implemented.  This is okay as drivers on old EH should not and does
not have any reason to use ata_tag_internal().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:58:02 +09:00
Tejun Heo
9ec957f200 [PATCH] libata-eh-fw: add flags and operations for new EH
Add ATA_FLAG_EH_{PENDING|FROZEN}, ATA_ATA_QCFLAG_{FAILED|SENSE_VALID}
and ops->freeze, thaw, error_handler, post_internal_cmd() for new EH.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:58 +09:00
Tejun Heo
61440db61f [PATCH] libata: implement ATA printk helpers
Implement ata_{port|dev}_printk() which prefixes the message with
proper identification string.  This change is necessary for later PM
support because devices and links should be identified differently
depending on how they are attached.

This also helps unifying device id strings.  Currently, there are two
forms in use (P is the port number D device number) - 'ataP(D):', and
'ataP: dev D '.  These macros also make it harder to forget proper ID
string (e.g. printing only port number when a device is in question).

Debug message handling can be integrated into these printk macros by
passing debug type and level via @lv.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:55 +09:00
Tejun Heo
3373efd89d [PATCH] libata: use dev->ap
Use dev->ap where possible and eliminate superflous @ap from functions
and structures.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:53 +09:00
Tejun Heo
38d87234d6 [PATCH] libata: add dev->ap
Add dev->ap which points back to the port the device belongs to.  This
makes it unnecessary to pass @ap for silly reasons (e.g. printks).
Also, this change is necessary to accomodate later PM support which
will introduce ATA link inbetween port and device.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:51 +09:00
Tejun Heo
a0ab51cefc [PATCH] libata: kill old SCR functions and sata_dev_present()
Kill now unused scr_{read|write|write_flush}() and sata_dev_present().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:49 +09:00
Tejun Heo
34bf21704c [PATCH] libata: implement new SCR handling and port on/offline functions
Implement ata_scr_{valid|read|write|write_flush}() and
ata_port_{online|offline}().  These functions replace
scr_{read|write}() and sata_dev_present().

Major difference between between the new SCR functions and the old
ones is that the new ones have a way to signal error to the caller.
This makes handling SCR-available and SCR-unavailable cases in the
same path easier.  Also, it eases later PM implementation where SCR
access can fail due to various reasons.

ata_port_{online|offline}() functions return 1 only when they are
affirmitive of the condition.  e.g.  if SCR is unaccessible or
presence cannot be determined for other reasons, these functions
return 0.  So, ata_port_online() != !ata_port_offline().  This
distinction is useful in many exception handling cases.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:46 +09:00
Tejun Heo
e61e067227 [PATCH] libata: implement qc->result_tf
Add qc->result_tf and ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF.  This moves the
responsibility of loading result TF from post-compltion path to qc
execution path.  qc->result_tf is loaded if explicitly requested or
the qc failsa.  This allows more efficient completion implementation
and correct handling of result TF for controllers which don't have
global TF representation such as sil3124/32.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:40 +09:00
Tejun Heo
fe635c7e91 [PATCH] libata: use preallocated buffers
It's not a very good idea to allocate memory during EH.  Use
statically allocated buffer for dev->id[] and add 512byte buffer
ap->sector_buf.  This buffer is owned by EH (or probing) and to be
used as temporary buffer for various purposes (IDENTIFY, NCQ log page
10h, PM GSCR block).

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:35 +09:00
Tejun Heo
6cd727b14f [PATCH] libata: kill duplicate prototypes
Kill duplicate prototypes for ata_eh_qc_complete/retry() in libata.h.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:28 +09:00
Tejun Heo
3c567b7d11 [PATCH] libata: rename ata_down_sata_spd_limit() and friends
Rename ata_down_sata_spd_limit() and friends to sata_down_spd_limit()
and likewise for simplicity & consistency.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2006-05-15 20:57:23 +09:00
Linus Torvalds
2bf9d6d0f2 Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serial
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serial:
  [SERIAL] 8250: add locking to console write function
  [SERIAL] Remove unconditional enable of TX irq for console
  [SERIAL] 8250: set divisor register correctly for AMD Alchemy SoC uart
  [SERIAL] AMD Alchemy UART: claim memory range
  [SERIAL] Clean up serial locking when obtaining a reference to a port
2006-05-11 15:46:42 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6572b2064a Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  [NET_SCHED]: HFSC: fix thinko in hfsc_adjust_levels()
  [IPV6]: skb leakage in inet6_csk_xmit
  [BRIDGE]: Do sysfs registration inside rtnl.
  [NET]: Do sysfs registration as part of register_netdevice.
  [TG3]: Fix possible NULL deref in tg3_run_loopback().
  [NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around
  [IRDA]: Switching to a workqueue for the SIR work
  [IRDA]: smsc-ircc: Minimal hotplug support.
  [IRDA]: Removing unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs
  [IRDA]: New maintainer.
  [NET]: Make netdev_chain a raw notifier.
  [IPV4]: ip_options_fragment() has no effect on fragmentation
  [NET]: Add missing operstates documentation.
2006-05-11 15:35:54 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6314410dd1 Merge branch 'upstream' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6
* 'upstream' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6:
  sis900: phy for FoxCon motherboard
  dl2k: use DMA_48BIT_MASK constant
  phy: mdiobus_register(): initialize all phy_map entries
  sky2: ifdown kills irq mask
2006-05-10 14:59:29 -07:00
Francois Romieu
4c1b46226c dl2k: use DMA_48BIT_MASK constant
Typo will be harder with this one.

Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-10 14:04:22 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
b17a7c179d [NET]: Do sysfs registration as part of register_netdevice.
The last step of netdevice registration was being done by a delayed
call, but because it was delayed, it was impossible to return any error
code if the class_device registration failed.

Side effects:
 * one state in registration process is unnecessary.
 * register_netdevice can sleep inside class_device registration/hotplug
 * code in netdev_run_todo only does unregistration so it is simpler.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-10 13:21:17 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
d324031245 sky2: backout NAPI reschedule
This is a backout of earlier patch.

The whole rescheduling hack was a bad idea. It doesn't really solve
the problem and it makes the code more complicated for no good reason.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08 16:00:23 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
fe9925b551 [NET]: Create netdev attribute_groups with class_device_add
Atomically create attributes when class device is added. This avoids
the race between registering class_device (which generates hotplug
event), and the creation of attribute groups.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06 17:56:03 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
1498221d51 [CLASS DEVICE]: add attribute_group creation
Extend the support of attribute groups in class_device's to allow
groups to be created as part of the registration process. This allows
network device's to avoid race between registration and creating
groups.

Note that unlike attributes that are a property of the class object,
the groups are a property of the class_device object. This is done
because there are different types of network devices (wireless for
example).

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-06 17:55:11 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
d98550e334 Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc:
  [PATCH] powerpc: Use the ibm,pa-features property if available
  powerpc: Fix incorrect might_sleep in __get_user/__put_user on kernel addresses
  [PATCH] ppc32 CPM_UART: fixes and improvements
  [PATCH] ppc32 CPM_UART: Fixed break send on SCC
  [PATCH] powerpc/kprobes: fix singlestep out-of-line
  [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: avoid crash in PCI code if mem system not up
2006-05-04 15:09:52 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6fc56ccfe4 Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-mmc
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-mmc:
  [MMC] Move set_ios debugging into mmc.c
  [MMC] Correct mmc_request_done comments
  [MMC] PXA: reduce the number of lines PXAMCI debug uses
  [MMC] PXA and i.MX: don't avoid sending stop command on error
  [MMC] extend data timeout for writes
  [ARM] 3485/1: i.MX: MX1 SD/MMC fix of unintentional double start possibility
2006-05-04 14:52:27 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
cbdf811c77 Merge branch 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block
* 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block:
  [PATCH] compat_sys_vmsplice: one-off in UIO_MAXIOV check
  [PATCH] splice: redo page lookup if add_to_page_cache() returns -EEXIST
  [PATCH] splice: rename remaining info variables to pipe
  [PATCH] splice: LRU fixups
  [PATCH] splice: fix unlocking of page on error ->prepare_write()
2006-05-04 13:25:40 -04:00
Jing Min Zhao
7582e9d17e [NETFILTER]: H.323 helper: Change author's email address
Signed-off-by: Jing Min Zhao <zhaojingmin@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-03 23:19:59 -07:00
Jens Axboe
1432873af7 [PATCH] splice: LRU fixups
Nick says that the current construct isn't safe. This goes back to the
original, but sets PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU on user pages as well as they all
seem to be on the LRU in the first place.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-05-04 06:55:12 +02:00
Vitaly Bordug
6e1976961c [PATCH] ppc32 CPM_UART: fixes and improvements
A number of small issues are fixed, and added the header file, missed from the
original series. With this, driver should be pretty stable as tested among
both platform-device-driven and "old way" boards. Also added missing GPL
statement , and updated year field on existing ones to reflect
code update.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <vbordug@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-05-03 23:06:44 +10:00
Russell King
37be4e7809 [MMC] extend data timeout for writes
The CSD contains a "read2write factor" which determines the multiplier to
be applied to the read timeout to obtain the write timeout.  We were
ignoring this parameter, resulting in the possibility for writes being
timed out too early.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-02 17:24:59 +01:00
Jens Axboe
330ab71619 [PATCH] vmsplice: restrict stealing a little more
Apply the same rules as the anon pipe pages, only allow stealing
if no one else is using the page.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-05-02 15:29:57 +02:00
Jens Axboe
a893b99be7 [PATCH] splice: fix page LRU accounting
Currently we rely on the PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU flag being set correctly
to know whether we need to fiddle with page LRU state after stealing it,
however for some origins we just don't know if the page is on the LRU
list or not.

So remove PIPE_BUF_FLAG_LRU and do this check/add manually in pipe_to_file()
instead.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-05-02 15:03:27 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
532f57da40 Merge branch 'audit.b10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current
* 'audit.b10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current:
  [PATCH] Audit Filter Performance
  [PATCH] Rework of IPC auditing
  [PATCH] More user space subject labels
  [PATCH] Reworked patch for labels on user space messages
  [PATCH] change lspp ipc auditing
  [PATCH] audit inode patch
  [PATCH] support for context based audit filtering, part 2
  [PATCH] support for context based audit filtering
  [PATCH] no need to wank with task_lock() and pinning task down in audit_syscall_exit()
  [PATCH] drop task argument of audit_syscall_{entry,exit}
  [PATCH] drop gfp_mask in audit_log_exit()
  [PATCH] move call of audit_free() into do_exit()
  [PATCH] sockaddr patch
  [PATCH] deal with deadlocks in audit_free()
2006-05-01 21:43:05 -07:00
Patrick McHardy
46c5ea3c9a [NETFILTER] x_tables: fix compat related crash on non-x86
When iptables userspace adds an ipt_standard_target, it calculates the size
of the entire entry as:

sizeof(struct ipt_entry) + XT_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ipt_standard_target))

ipt_standard_target looks like this:

  struct xt_standard_target
  {
        struct xt_entry_target target;
        int verdict;
  };

xt_entry_target contains a pointer, so when compiled for 64 bit the
structure gets an extra 4 byte of padding at the end. On 32 bit
architectures where iptables aligns to 8 byte it will also have 4
byte padding at the end because it is only 36 bytes large.

The compat_ipt_standard_fn in the kernel adjusts the offsets by

  sizeof(struct ipt_standard_target) - sizeof(struct compat_ipt_standard_target),

which will always result in 4, even if the structure from userspace
was already padded to a multiple of 8. On x86 this works out by
accident because userspace only aligns to 4, on all other
architectures this is broken and causes incorrect adjustments to
the size and following offsets.

Thanks to Linus for lots of debugging help and testing.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-01 20:48:32 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
9817d207dc Merge branch 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block
* 'splice' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block:
  [PATCH] vmsplice: allow user to pass in gift pages
  [PATCH] pipe: enable atomic copying of pipe data to/from user space
  [PATCH] splice: call handle_ra_miss() on failure to lookup page
  [PATCH] Add ->splice_read/splice_write to def_blk_fops
  [PATCH] pipe: introduce ->pin() buffer operation
  [PATCH] splice: fix bugs in pipe_to_file()
  [PATCH] splice: fix bugs with stealing regular pipe pages
2006-05-01 18:33:40 -07:00
Jens Axboe
7afa6fd037 [PATCH] vmsplice: allow user to pass in gift pages
If SPLICE_F_GIFT is set, the user is basically giving this pages away to
the kernel. That means we can steal them for eg page cache uses instead
of copying it.

The data must be properly page aligned and also a multiple of the page size
in length.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-05-01 20:02:33 +02:00