Merge commit 'md/for-linus' into async-tx-next

Conflicts:
	drivers/md/raid5.c

Author: djbw

.gitignore

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 *.gz
 *.lzma
 *.patch
+*.gcno
 
 #
 # Top-level generic files

CREDITS

@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ E: [email protected]
 D: The Linux Support Team Erlangen
 
 N: Andreas Koensgen
-E: ajk@iehk.rwth-aachen.de
+E: ajk@comnets.uni-bremen.de
 D: 6pack driver for AX.25
 
 N: Harald Koerfgen
@@ -2006,6 +2006,9 @@ E: [email protected]
 D: Soundblaster driver fixes, ISAPnP quirk
 S: California, USA
 
+N: Jonathan Layes
+D: ARPD support
+
 N: Tom Lees
 E: [email protected]
 W: http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/
@@ -3802,6 +3805,9 @@ S: van Bronckhorststraat 12
 S: 2612 XV Delft
 S: The Netherlands
 
+N: Thomas Woller
+D: CS461x Cirrus Logic sound driver
+
 N: David Woodhouse
 E: [email protected]
 D: JFFS2 file system, Memory Technology Device subsystem,

Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block

@@ -94,28 +94,37 @@ What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/physical_block_size
 Date:		May 2009
 Contact:	Martin K. Petersen <[email protected]>
 Description:
-		This is the smallest unit the storage device can write
-		without resorting to read-modify-write operation.  It is
-		usually the same as the logical block size but may be
-		bigger.  One example is SATA drives with 4KB sectors
-		that expose a 512-byte logical block size to the
-		operating system.
+		This is the smallest unit a physical storage device can
+		write atomically.  It is usually the same as the logical
+		block size but may be bigger.  One example is SATA
+		drives with 4KB sectors that expose a 512-byte logical
+		block size to the operating system.  For stacked block
+		devices the physical_block_size variable contains the
+		maximum physical_block_size of the component devices.
 
 What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/minimum_io_size
 Date:		April 2009
 Contact:	Martin K. Petersen <[email protected]>
 Description:
-		Storage devices may report a preferred minimum I/O size,
-		which is the smallest request the device can perform
-		without incurring a read-modify-write penalty.  For disk
-		drives this is often the physical block size.  For RAID
-		arrays it is often the stripe chunk size.
+		Storage devices may report a granularity or preferred
+		minimum I/O size which is the smallest request the
+		device can perform without incurring a performance
+		penalty.  For disk drives this is often the physical
+		block size.  For RAID arrays it is often the stripe
+		chunk size.  A properly aligned multiple of
+		minimum_io_size is the preferred request size for
+		workloads where a high number of I/O operations is
+		desired.
 
 What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/optimal_io_size
 Date:		April 2009
 Contact:	Martin K. Petersen <[email protected]>
 Description:
 		Storage devices may report an optimal I/O size, which is
-		the device's preferred unit of receiving I/O.  This is
-		rarely reported for disk drives.  For RAID devices it is
-		usually the stripe width or the internal block size.
+		the device's preferred unit for sustained I/O.  This is
+		rarely reported for disk drives.  For RAID arrays it is
+		usually the stripe width or the internal track size.  A
+		properly aligned multiple of optimal_io_size is the
+		preferred request size for workloads where sustained
+		throughput is desired.  If no optimal I/O size is
+		reported this file contains 0.

Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl

@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "i = %u\n", i);
    </para>
 
    <programlisting>
-__u32 ipaddress;
-printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
+__be32 ipaddress;
+printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &amp;ipaddress);
    </programlisting>
 
    <para>

Documentation/DocBook/mac80211.tmpl

@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ usage should require reading the full document.
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_get
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_ctstoself_duration
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_generic_frame_duration
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb
-!Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_hdrlen
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queue
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_stop_queue
 !Finclude/net/mac80211.h ieee80211_wake_queues

Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt

@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@ not detect it missed following items in original chain.
 obj = kmem_cache_alloc(...);
 lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
 obj->key = key;
-atomic_inc(&obj->refcnt);
 /*
  * we need to make sure obj->key is updated before obj->next
+ * or obj->refcnt
  */
 smp_wmb();
+atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1);
 hlist_add_head_rcu(&obj->obj_node, list);
 unlock_chain(); // typically a spin_unlock()
 
@@ -159,6 +160,10 @@ out:
 obj = kmem_cache_alloc(cachep);
 lock_chain(); // typically a spin_lock()
 obj->key = key;
+/*
+ * changes to obj->key must be visible before refcnt one
+ */
+smp_wmb();
 atomic_set(&obj->refcnt, 1);
 /*
  * insert obj in RCU way (readers might be traversing chain)

Documentation/arm/memory.txt

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ ffff8000	ffffffff	copy_user_page / clear_user_page use.
 				For SA11xx and Xscale, this is used to
 				setup a minicache mapping.
 
+ffff4000	ffffffff	cache aliasing on ARMv6 and later CPUs.
+
 ffff1000	ffff7fff	Reserved.
 				Platforms must not use this address range.
 

Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ encouraged them to allow separation of the data and integrity metadata
 scatter-gather lists.
 
 The controller will interleave the buffers on write and split them on
-read.  This means that the Linux can DMA the data buffers to and from
+read.  This means that Linux can DMA the data buffers to and from
 host memory without changes to the page cache.
 
 Also, the 16-bit CRC checksum mandated by both the SCSI and SATA specs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ software RAID5).
 
 The IP checksum is weaker than the CRC in terms of detecting bit
 errors.  However, the strength is really in the separation of the data
-buffers and the integrity metadata.  These two distinct buffers much
+buffers and the integrity metadata.  These two distinct buffers must
 match up for an I/O to complete.
 
 The separation of the data and integrity metadata buffers as well as

Documentation/cgroups/cpusets.txt

@@ -777,6 +777,18 @@ in cpuset directories:
 # /bin/echo 1-4 > cpus		-> set cpus list to cpus 1,2,3,4
 # /bin/echo 1,2,3,4 > cpus	-> set cpus list to cpus 1,2,3,4
 
+To add a CPU to a cpuset, write the new list of CPUs including the
+CPU to be added. To add 6 to the above cpuset:
+
+# /bin/echo 1-4,6 > cpus	-> set cpus list to cpus 1,2,3,4,6
+
+Similarly to remove a CPU from a cpuset, write the new list of CPUs
+without the CPU to be removed.
+
+To remove all the CPUs:
+
+# /bin/echo "" > cpus		-> clear cpus list
+
 2.3 Setting flags
 -----------------
 

Documentation/connector/cn_test.c

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * 	cn_test.c
  * 
- * 2004-2005 Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <[email protected]>
+ * 2004+ Copyright (c) Evgeniy Polyakov <[email protected]>
  * All rights reserved.
  * 
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -194,5 +194,5 @@ module_init(cn_test_init);
 module_exit(cn_test_fini);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Evgeniy Polyakov <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Evgeniy Polyakov <[email protected]>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Connector's test module");