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Patrick McHardy
77d2ca3500 [NET]: Reduce size of struct sk_buff on 64 bit architectures
Move skb->nf_mark next to skb->tc_index to remove a 4 byte hole between
skb->nfmark and skb->nfct and another one between skb->users and skb->head
when CONFIG_NETFILTER, CONFIG_NET_SCHED and CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT are enabled.
For all other combinations the size stays the same.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:12:12 -08:00
Stefan Rompf
b00055aacd [NET] core: add RFC2863 operstate
this patch adds a dormant flag to network devices, RFC2863 operstate derived
from these flags and possibility for userspace interaction. It allows drivers
to signal that a device is unusable for user traffic without disabling
queueing (and therefore the possibility for protocol establishment traffic to
flow) and a userspace supplicant (WPA, 802.1X) to mark a device unusable
without changes to the driver.

It is the result of our long discussion. However I must admit that it
represents what Jamal and I agreed on with compromises towards Krzysztof, but
Thomas and Krzysztof still disagree with some parts. Anyway I think it should
be applied.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:09:11 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
09c884d4c3 [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen sysctl.
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:07:03 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
70ceb4f539 [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add experimental support for Route Information Option in RA (RFC4191).
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:06:24 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
52e1635631 [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add router_probe_interval sysctl.
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:05:47 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
930d6ff2e2 [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_rtr_pref sysctl.
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:05:30 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
ebacaaa0fd [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add support for Router Preference (RFC4191).
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 17:04:53 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
c4fd30eb18 [IPV6]: ADDRCONF: Add accept_ra_pinfo sysctl.
This controls whether we accept Prefix Information in RAs.

Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 16:55:26 -08:00
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
65f5c7c114 [IPV6]: ROUTE: Add accept_ra_defrtr sysctl.
This controls whether we accept default router information
in RAs.

Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 16:55:08 -08:00
David Brownell
329af28b14 [PATCH] USB: gadget driver section fixups
This adds __init section annotations to gadget driver bind() routines to
remove calls from .text into .init sections (for endpoint autoconfig).
Likewise it adds __exit section annotations to their unbind() routines.

The specification of the gadget driver register/unregister functions is
updated to explicitly allow use of those sections.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 14:49:58 -08:00
Randy Vinson
80cb9aee01 [PATCH] USB: EHCI for Freescale 83xx
Adding a Host Mode USB driver for the Freescale 83xx.

This driver supports both the Dual-Role (DR) controller and the
Multi-Port-Host (MPH) controller present in the Freescale MPC8349. It has
been tested with the MPC8349CDS reference system. This driver depends on
platform support code for setting up the pins on the device package in a
manner appropriate for the board in use. Note that this patch requires
selecting the EHCI controller option under the USB Host menu.

Signed-off-by: Randy Vinson <rvinson@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 14:49:55 -08:00
Adrian Bunk
e266a12492 [PATCH] USB: drivers/usb/core/message.c: make usb_get_string() static
After the removal of usb-midi.c, there's no longer any external user of
usb_get_string().

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 14:49:54 -08:00
Andrew Morton
a29d642a4a [PATCH] get_cpu_sysdev() signedness fix
Doing (int < NR_CPUS) doesn't dtrt if it's negative..

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:59 -08:00
Jun'ichi Nomura
7423172a50 [PATCH] kobject_add_dir
Adding kobject_add_dir() function which creates a subdirectory
for a given kobject.

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:59 -08:00
Michael Ellerman
dd308bc355 [PATCH] debugfs: Add debugfs_create_blob() helper for exporting binary data
I wanted to export a binary blob via debugfs, and although it was pretty easy
it seems like it'd be easier if there was a helper for it. It's a pity we need
the wrapper struct but I can't see a cleaner way to do it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:59 -08:00
Adrian Bunk
22f98c0cd7 [PATCH] Kobject: kobject.h: fix a typo
It shouldn't cause real harm, but it hurts my eyes.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:59 -08:00
Tilman Schmidt
4f2928d0a4 [PATCH] Driver core: add macros notice(), dev_notice()
Both usb.h and device.h have collections of convenience macros for
printk() with the KERN_ERR, KERN_WARNING, and KERN_NOTICE severity
levels. This patch adds macros for the KERN_NOTICE level which was
so far uncatered for.

These macros already exist privately in drivers/isdn/gigaset/gigaset.h
(currently in the process of being submitted for the kernel tree)
but they really belong with their brothers and sisters in
include/linux/{device,usb}.h.

Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:59 -08:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
03e88ae1b1 [PATCH] fix module sysfs files reference counting
The module files, refcnt, version, and srcversion did not properly
increment the owner's module reference count, allowing the modules to
be removed while the files were open, causing oopses.

This patch fixes this, and also fixes the problem that the version and
srcversion files were not showing up, unless CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD was
enabled, which is not correct.

Cc: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:58 -08:00
Greg Kroah-Hartman
9f28bb7e1d [PATCH] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()
This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the
future, so that kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")
and use the symbols, will be flagged and printed out to the system log.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:58 -08:00
Jes Sorensen
58383af629 [PATCH] kobj_map semaphore to mutex conversion
Convert the kobj_map code to use a mutex instead of a semaphore.  It
converts the single two users as well, genhd.c and char_dev.c.

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-03-20 13:42:58 -08:00
Russell King
d358788f3f [SERIAL] kernel console should send CRLF not LFCR
Glen Turner reported that writing LFCR rather than the more
traditional CRLF causes issues with some terminals.

Since this aflicts many serial drivers, extract the common code
to a library function (uart_console_write) and arrange for each
driver to supply a "putchar" function.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-03-20 20:00:09 +00:00
Linus Torvalds
c4a1745aa0 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6: (230 commits)
  [SPARC64]: Update defconfig.
  [SPARC64]: Fix 2 bugs in huge page support.
  [SPARC64]: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM fix
  [SPARC64]: Optimized TSB table initialization.
  [SPARC64]: Allow CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG to build.
  [SPARC64]: Use SLAB caches for TSB tables.
  [SPARC64]: Don't kill the page allocator when growing a TSB.
  [SPARC64]: Randomize mm->mmap_base when PF_RANDOMIZE is set.
  [SPARC64]: Increase top of 32-bit process stack.
  [SPARC64]: Top-down address space allocation for 32-bit tasks.
  [SPARC64] bbc_i2c: Fix cpu check and add missing module license.
  [SPARC64]: Fix and re-enable dynamic TSB sizing.
  [SUNSU]: Fix missing spinlock initialization.
  [TG3]: Do not try to access NIC_SRAM_DATA_SIG on Sun parts.
  [SPARC64]: First cut at VIS simulator for Niagara.
  [SPARC64]: Fix system type in /proc/cpuinfo and remove bogus OBP check.
  [SPARC64]: Add SMT scheduling support for Niagara.
  [SPARC64]: Fix 32-bit truncation which broke sparsemem.
  [SPARC64]: Move over to sparsemem.
  [SPARC64]: Fix new context version SMP handling.
  ...
2006-03-20 11:57:50 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
c7cace6437 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6
* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: (150 commits)
  [PATCH] ipw2100: Update version ipw2100 stamp to 1.2.2
  [PATCH] ipw2100: move mutex.h include from ipw2100.c to ipw2100.h
  [PATCH] ipw2100: semaphore to mutexes conversion
  [PATCH] ipw2100: Fix radiotap code gcc warning
  [PATCH] ipw2100: add radiotap headers to packtes captured in monitor mode
  [PATCH] ipw2x00: expend Copyright to 2006
  [PATCH] drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c: fix an array overun
  [PATCH] ieee80211: Don't update network statistics from off-channel packets.
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Update ipw2200 version stamp to 1.1.1
  [PATCH] ipw2200: switch to the new ipw2200-fw-3.0 image format
  [PATCH] ipw2200: wireless extension sensitivity threshold support
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Enables the "slow diversity" algorithm
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Set a meaningful silence threshold value
  [PATCH] ipw2200: export `debug' module param only if CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Change debug level for firmware error logging
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Filter unsupported channels out in ad-hoc mode
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Fix ipw_sw_reset() implementation inconsistent with comment
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Fix rf_kill is activated after mode change with 'disable=1'
  [PATCH] ipw2200: remove the WPA card associates to non-WPA AP checking
  [PATCH] ipw2200: Add signal level to iwlist scan output
  ...
2006-03-20 10:30:31 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
a90779bfc8 Merge branch 'block-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/block
* 'block-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/block:
  [PATCH] fix rmmod problems with elevator attributes, clean them up
  [PATCH] elevator_t lifetime rules and sysfs fixes
  [PATCH] noise removal: cfq-iosched.c
  [PATCH] don't bother with refcounting for cfq_data
  [PATCH] fix sysfs interaction and lifetime rules handling for queues
  [PATCH] regularize blk_cleanup_queue() use
  [PATCH] fix cfq_get_queue()/ioprio_set(2) races
  [PATCH] deal with rmmod/put_io_context() races
  [PATCH] stop elv_unregister() from rogering other iosched's data, fix locking
  [PATCH] stop cfq from pinning queue down
  [PATCH] make cfq_exit_queue() prune the cfq_io_context for that queue
  [PATCH] fix the exclusion for ioprio_set()
  [PATCH] keep sync and async cfq_queue separate
  [PATCH] switch to use of ->key to get cfq_data by cfq_io_context
  [PATCH] stop leaking cfq_data in cfq_set_request()
  [PATCH] fix cfq hash lookups
  [PATCH] fix locking in queue_requests_store()
  [PATCH] fix double-free in blk_init_queue_node()
  [PATCH] don't do exit_io_context() until we know we won't be doing any IO
2006-03-20 10:28:51 -08:00
Jeff Garzik
29b2548bf5 Merge branch 'master' 2006-03-20 04:48:50 -05:00
Jeff Garzik
d378aca6ec Merge branch 'master' 2006-03-20 04:38:03 -05:00
David S. Miller
02fd473bd4 [SPARC64]: Add SUN4V Hypervisor Console driver.
Since it can do things like BREAK and HUP, we implement
this as a serial uart driver.

This still needs interrupt probing code, as I haven't figured
out how interrupts will work or be probed for on SUN4V yet.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20 01:12:18 -08:00
Michael Chan
4a29cc2e50 [TG3]: 40-bit DMA workaround part 2
The 40-bit DMA workaround recently implemented for 5714, 5715, and
5780 needs to be expanded because there may be other tg3 devices
behind the EPB Express to PCIX bridge in the 5780 class device.

For example, some 4-port card or mother board designs have 5704 behind
the 5714.

All devices behind the EPB require the 40-bit DMA workaround.

Thanks to Chris Elmquist again for reporting the problem and testing
the patch.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-19 13:21:12 -08:00
Al Viro
e572ec7e4e [PATCH] fix rmmod problems with elevator attributes, clean them up 2006-03-18 22:27:18 -05:00
Al Viro
3d1ab40f4c [PATCH] elevator_t lifetime rules and sysfs fixes 2006-03-18 18:35:43 -05:00
Al Viro
483f4afc42 [PATCH] fix sysfs interaction and lifetime rules handling for queues 2006-03-18 18:34:37 -05:00
Al Viro
e17a9489b4 [PATCH] stop elv_unregister() from rogering other iosched's data, fix locking
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-03-18 18:34:12 -05:00
Al Viro
d9ff418793 [PATCH] make cfq_exit_queue() prune the cfq_io_context for that queue
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-03-18 18:34:07 -05:00
Al Viro
12a0573215 [PATCH] keep sync and async cfq_queue separate
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-03-18 18:34:02 -05:00
Catalin Marinas
243f196d57 [ARM] 3366/1: Allow the 16bpp mode configuration in the CLCD control register
Patch from Catalin Marinas

Starting with PL111, the 5551 or 565 modes can be configured in the
primecell's control register directly. This patch detects the required mode
and sets the correct value.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-03-16 14:10:19 +00:00
James Bottomley
f33b5d783b Merge ../linux-2.6 2006-03-14 14:18:01 -06:00
Moore, Eric
e935d5da8e [SCSI] drivers/base/bus.c - export reprobe
Adding support for exposing hidden raid components for sg
interface. The sdev->no_uld_attach flag will set set accordingly.

The sas module supports adding/removing raid volumes using online
storage management application interface.

This patch was provided to me by Christoph Hellwig.

Signed-off-by: Eric Moore <Eric.Moore@lsil.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-03-14 12:50:44 -06:00
andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com
044cc6c8ec [SCSI] qla2xxx: Add ISP54xx support.
Chip is similar in form to our ISP24xx offering.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-03-12 09:38:03 -06:00
Tejun Heo
1da7b0d01b [PATCH] libata: improve xfer mask constants and update ata_mode_string()
Add ATA_BITS_*, ATA_MASK_* macros and reorder xfer_mask fields such
that higher transfer mode is placed at higher order bit.  As thie
reordering breaks ata_mode_string(), this patch also rewrites
ata_mode_string().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-11 19:03:38 -05:00
Tejun Heo
2e755f68ee [PATCH] libata: rename ATA_FLAG_FLUSH_PIO_TASK to ATA_FLAG_FLUSH_PORT_TASK
Rename ATA_FLAG_FLUSH_PIO_TASK to ATA_FLAG_FLUSH_PORT_TASK.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-11 17:57:21 -05:00
Tejun Heo
507ceda003 [PATCH] libata: kill unused pio_task and packet_task
Kill unused pio_task and packet_task.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-11 17:57:20 -05:00
Tejun Heo
86e45b6bd6 [PATCH] libata: implement port_task
Implement port_task.  LLDD's can schedule a function to be executed
with context after specified delay.  libata core takes care of
synchronization against EH.  This is generalized form of pio_task and
packet_task which are tied to PIO hsm implementation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-11 17:57:20 -05:00
Jeff Garzik
d7fc3ca1cd Merge branch 'master' 2006-03-11 17:47:20 -05:00
Jeff Garzik
749dfc7055 Merge branch 'upstream-fixes' 2006-03-11 13:35:31 -05:00
Christoph Hellwig
7cd9013be6 [PATCH] remove __put_task_struct_cb export again
The patch '[PATCH] RCU signal handling' [1] added an export for
__put_task_struct_cb, a put_task_struct helper newly introduced in that
patch.  But the put_task_struct couldn't be used modular previously as
__put_task_struct wasn't exported.  There are not callers of it in modular
code, and it shouldn't be exported because we don't want drivers to hold
references to task_structs.

This patch removes the export and folds __put_task_struct into
__put_task_struct_cb as there's no other caller.

[1] http://www2.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e56d090310d7625ecb43a1eeebd479f04affb48b

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-11 09:19:34 -08:00
Kirill Korotaev
0adb25d2e7 [PATCH] ext3: ext3_symlink should use GFP_NOFS allocations inside
This patch fixes illegal __GFP_FS allocation inside ext3 transaction in
ext3_symlink().  Such allocation may re-enter ext3 code from
try_to_free_pages.  But JBD/ext3 code keeps a pointer to current journal
handle in task_struct and, hence, is not reentrable.

This bug led to "Assertion failure in journal_dirty_metadata()" messages.

http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115

Signed-off-by: Andrey Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-11 09:19:34 -08:00
Christoph Lameter
8fce4d8e3b [PATCH] slab: Node rotor for freeing alien caches and remote per cpu pages.
The cache reaper currently tries to free all alien caches and all remote
per cpu pages in each pass of cache_reap.  For a machines with large number
of nodes (such as Altix) this may lead to sporadic delays of around ~10ms.
Interrupts are disabled while reclaiming creating unacceptable delays.

This patch changes that behavior by adding a per cpu reap_node variable.
Instead of attempting to free all caches, we free only one alien cache and
the per cpu pages from one remote node.  That reduces the time spend in
cache_reap.  However, doing so will lengthen the time it takes to
completely drain all remote per cpu pagesets and all alien caches.  The
time needed will grow with the number of nodes in the system.  All caches
are drained when they overflow their respective capacity.  So the drawback
here is only that a bit of memory may be wasted for awhile longer.

Details:

1. Rename drain_remote_pages to drain_node_pages to allow the specification
   of the node to drain of pcp pages.

2. Add additional functions init_reap_node, next_reap_node for NUMA
   that manage a per cpu reap_node counter.

3. Add a reap_alien function that reaps only from the current reap_node.

For us this seems to be a critical issue.  Holdoffs of an average of ~7ms
cause some HPC benchmarks to slow down significantly.  F.e.  NAS parallel
slows down dramatically.  NAS parallel has a 12-16 seconds runtime w/o rotor
compared to 5.8 secs with the rotor patches.  It gets down to 5.05 secs with
the additional interrupt holdoff reductions.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-09 19:47:38 -08:00
Atsushi Nemoto
0ef675d491 [PATCH] mtd: 64 bit fixes
Fix some bugs in mtd/jffs2 on 64bit platform.

The MEMGETBADBLOCK/MEMSETBADBLOCK ioctl are not listed in compat_ioctl.h.

And some variables in jffs2 are declared as uint32_t but used to hold
size_t values.

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-09 19:47:37 -08:00
Dipankar Sarma
529bf6be5c [PATCH] fix file counting
I have benchmarked this on an x86_64 NUMA system and see no significant
performance difference on kernbench.  Tested on both x86_64 and powerpc.

The way we do file struct accounting is not very suitable for batched
freeing.  For scalability reasons, file accounting was
constructor/destructor based.  This meant that nr_files was decremented
only when the object was removed from the slab cache.  This is susceptible
to slab fragmentation.  With RCU based file structure, consequent batched
freeing and a test program like Serge's, we just speed this up and end up
with a very fragmented slab -

llm22:~ # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr
587730  0       758844

At the same time, I see only a 2000+ objects in filp cache.  The following
patch I fixes this problem.

This patch changes the file counting by removing the filp_count_lock.
Instead we use a separate percpu counter, nr_files, for now and all
accesses to it are through get_nr_files() api.  In the sysctl handler for
nr_files, we populate files_stat.nr_files before returning to user.

Counting files as an when they are created and destroyed (as opposed to
inside slab) allows us to correctly count open files with RCU.

Signed-off-by: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-08 14:14:01 -08:00
Dipankar Sarma
21a1ea9eb4 [PATCH] rcu batch tuning
This patch adds new tunables for RCU queue and finished batches.  There are
two types of controls - number of completed RCU updates invoked in a batch
(blimit) and monitoring for high rate of incoming RCUs on a cpu (qhimark,
qlowmark).

By default, the per-cpu batch limit is set to a small value.  If the input
RCU rate exceeds the high watermark, we do two things - force quiescent
state on all cpus and set the batch limit of the CPU to INTMAX.  Setting
batch limit to INTMAX forces all finished RCUs to be processed in one shot.
 If we have more than INTMAX RCUs queued up, then we have bigger problems
anyway.  Once the incoming queued RCUs fall below the low watermark, the
batch limit is set to the default.

Signed-off-by: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-08 14:14:01 -08:00