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Ben Dooks
96ce2385dd [ARM] 3559/1: S3C2442: core and serial port
Patch from Ben Dooks

Core support for the Samsung S3C2442, and the
serial port driver update to allow the serial
port blocks to be used.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 23:06:41 +01:00
Ben Dooks
66a9b49a37 [ARM] 3557/1: S3C24XX: centralise and cleanup uart registration
Patch from Ben Dooks

All the S3C24XX based devices currently have similar
uart blocks, in the same location. Make the process
of adding new uart blocks easier by commonising the
device definitions and adding a new init function
for the cpu code.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 23:04:05 +01:00
Ben Dooks
810c894f2b [ARM] 3558/1: SMDK24XX: LED platform devices
Patch from Ben Dooks

Platform devices for the LEDs on all the SMDK24XX boards

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 22:56:37 +01:00
David Brownell
9df5db80a7 [ARM] 3534/1: add spi support to lubbock platform
Patch from David Brownell

This adds the platform device for SSP/SPI controller, and declares
the ads7846 device hooked up to it.  Not all Lubbock boards appear
to populate the connector needed to use this instead of the ucb1400
chip, but it can always be used as a temperature sensor.

In short, this is probably most useful as an example of how to
provide the configuration data used by the pxa2xx_spi driver.
(Last tested against a slightly earlier version of that driver.)

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:39:33 +01:00
Tony Lindgren
ebc67da65f [ARM] 3554/1: ARM: Fix dyntick locking
Patch from Tony Lindgren

This patch fixes some dyntick locking issues on ARM as pointed
out by Russell King.

Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:26:58 +01:00
Ben Dooks
36fe6a83b4 [ARM] 3553/1: S3C24XX: earlier print of cpu idcode info
Patch from Ben Dooks

Move the printk of the CPU information and IDCODE
before the checking of the table entry validity
to aide in debugging new cpu entries.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:21:53 +01:00
Ben Dooks
68d5969378 [ARM] 3552/1: S3C24XX: Move VA of GPIO for low-level debug
Patch from Ben Dooks

Using the low-level debug routines early in the
kernel debug cause the 1:1 mapping to get into
the TLB, which is not flushed until after the
CPU detection process (which needs the GPIO VA).

This patch moves the VA for the GPIO to the
same offset as the physical offset of the UART
to the GPIO.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:21:52 +01:00
Ben Dooks
4833acb2e1 [ARM] 3551/1: S3C24XX: PM code failes to compile with CONFIG_DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH
Patch from Ben Dooks

If CONFIG_CPU_DCACHE_WRITETHOUGH is set, then the
S3C24XX PM code fails to compile, as there is no
need to flush the D-cache, the flush function
arm920_flush_kern_cache_all() is not compiled.

Fix the code to not use this if the config is set.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:21:51 +01:00
Ben Dooks
e2e5810f41 [ARM] 3550/1: OSIRIS: fix serial port map for 1:1
Patch from Ben Dooks

The default serial port-mapping for the Osiris has
the port 2 mapped onto the first serial port, and
no port1. Correct this so port 1 is port.

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:21:50 +01:00
Catalin Marinas
45a7b9cf8e [ARM] 3548/1: Fix the ARMv6 CPU id in compressed/head.S
Patch from Catalin Marinas

This code was still using the old format for the ARMv6 CPU id and it wasn't
flushing the caches on the MPCore CPU (and other ARM1176 cores). The patch
changes the mask bits to cope with the new id format.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:21:50 +01:00
Paul Brook
5247593c96 [ARM] 3335/1: Old-abi Thumb sys_syscall broken
Patch from Paul Brook

The old-abi sys_syscall syscall is broken when called from Thumb mode. It
assumes the syscall number is an Arm syscall number (ie. starts from
__NR_OABI_SYSCALL_BASE).  In thumb mode syscall numbers start from zero.

The patch below fixes this by clearing the nigh bits of the syscall number
instead of inverting them. Technically this means we accept some invalid
syscall numbers, but I can't see how that could be a problem. The two sets of
numbers far apart that unimplemented syscalls should still be rejected.

Signed-off-by: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:57 +01:00
Vitaly Wool
254a1564fb [ARM] 3467/1: [3/3] Support for Philips PNX4008 platform: defconfig
Patch from Vitaly Wool

This patch adds default configuration file PNX4008 ARM platform.
It\'s basically the same as the previos one.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vwool@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Pervushin <dpervushin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:56 +01:00
Vitaly Wool
78818e477b [ARM] 3466/1: [2/3] Support for Philips PNX4008 platform: chip support
Patch from Vitaly Wool

This patch adds basic chip support for PNX4008 ARM platform.
It's basically the same as the previous one, but with the rmk's
comments taken into account.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vwool@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Pervushin <dpervushin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:55 +01:00
Vitaly Wool
a5a503038e [ARM] 3465/1: [1/3] Support for Philips PNX4008 platform: headers
Patch from Vitaly Wool

This patch adds kernel headers for PNX4008 ARM platform.
It's basically the same as the previos one, but with the rmk's comments taken into account.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vwool@ru.mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Pervushin <dpervushin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:53 +01:00
Marc Singer
51cb21a9cd [ARM] 3407/1: lpd7x: documetation update
Patch from Marc Singer

New documentation for the touchscreen controllers and LCD panels.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:51 +01:00
Marc Singer
d4adcffb65 [ARM] 3406/1: lpd7x: compilation fix for smc91x
Patch from Marc Singer

Reworking of the adaptation macros to allow driver to compile again
for the lpd7x's.  Also, support added for the lh79520 so it may use
the smc91x.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:50 +01:00
Marc Singer
c97898614b [ARM] 3405/1: lpd7a40x: CPLD ssp driver
Patch from Marc Singer

Driver for operating SSP devices through LPD7A40X CPLD chip.  This
driver is used by the audio codecs.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:49 +01:00
Marc Singer
903e2bbda9 [ARM] 3404/1: lpd7a40x: AMBA CLCD support
Patch from Marc Singer

Board support and LCD panel configurations to integrate lh7a40x's with
the amba clcd driver.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:48 +01:00
Marc Singer
2514581eb1 [ARM] 3403/1: lpd7a40x: updated default configurations
Patch from Marc Singer

Revised default configuration files.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:47 +01:00
Marc Singer
fb62c5a704 [ARM] 3402/1: lpd7a40x: serial driver bug fix
Patch from Marc Singer

The serial driver now sets up the third UART when it is to be used.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:46 +01:00
Marc Singer
638b266630 [ARM] 3401/1: lpd7a40x: platform update
Patch from Marc Singer

Updates to the lpd7a40x_platform files.  Includes support for new
architecture, lpd7a400.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:45 +01:00
Marc Singer
2295196c30 [ARM] 3400/1: lpd7a40x: platform headers update
Patch from Marc Singer

Updates to the lpd7a40x platform headers.  Includes support for new
architecture, lpd7a400.

Signed-off-by: Marc Singer <elf@buici.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-06-18 16:16:44 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
427abfa28a Linux v2.6.17
Being named "Crazed Snow-Weasel" instills a lot of confidence in this
release, so I'm sure this will be one of the better ones.
2006-06-17 18:49:35 -07:00
Arnd Bergmann
ce221982e0 [PATCH] powerpc: enable CPU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE for cell
Reflect the fact that the Cell Broadband Engine supports 64k
pages by adding the bit to the CPU features.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:56:24 -07:00
Arnd Bergmann
19242b2407 [PATCH] powerpc: Fix 64k pages on non-partitioned machines
The page size encoding passed to tlbie is incorrect for new-style
large pages.  This fixes it.  This doesn't affect anything on older
machines because mmu_psize_defs[psize].penc (the page size encoding)
is 0 for 4k and 16M pages (the two are distinguished by a separate "is
a large page" bit).

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:56:24 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
f53ae1dc34 [PATCH] arm_timer: remove a racy and obsolete PF_EXITING check
arm_timer() checks PF_EXITING to prevent BUG_ON(->exit_state)
in run_posix_cpu_timers().

However, for some reason it does so only for CPUCLOCK_PERTHREAD
case (which is imho wrong).

Also, this check is not reliable, PF_EXITING could be set on
another cpu without any locks/barriers just after the check,
so it can't prevent from attaching the timer to the exiting
task.

The previous patch makes this check unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:52:13 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
30f1e3dd8c [PATCH] run_posix_cpu_timers: remove a bogus BUG_ON()
do_exit() clears ->it_##clock##_expires, but nothing prevents
another cpu to attach the timer to exiting process after that.
arm_timer() tries to protect against this race, but the check
is racy.

After exit_notify() does 'write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock)' and
before do_exit() calls 'schedule() local timer interrupt can find
tsk->exit_state != 0. If that state was EXIT_DEAD (or another cpu
does sys_wait4) interrupted task has ->signal == NULL.

At this moment exiting task has no pending cpu timers, they were
cleanuped in __exit_signal()->posix_cpu_timers_exit{,_group}(),
so we can just return from irq.

John Stultz recently confirmed this bug, see

	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115015841413687

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:52:13 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
8f17fc20bf [PATCH] check_process_timers: fix possible lockup
If the local timer interrupt happens just after do_exit() sets PF_EXITING
(and before it clears ->it_xxx_expires) run_posix_cpu_timers() will call
check_process_timers() with tasklist_lock + ->siglock held and

	check_process_timers:

		t = tsk;
		do {
			....

			do {
				t = next_thread(t);
			} while (unlikely(t->flags & PF_EXITING));
		} while (t != tsk);

the outer loop will never stop.

Actually, the window is bigger.  Another process can attach the timer
after ->it_xxx_expires was cleared (see the next commit) and the 'if
(PF_EXITING)' check in arm_timer() is racy (see the one after that).

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:52:13 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
88d113601c [PATCH] sky2: netconsole suspend/resume interaction
A couple of fixes that should prevent crashes when using netconsole and
suspend/resume. First, netconsole poll routine shouldn't run unless the
device is up; second, the NAPI poll should be disabled during suspend.

This is only an issue on sky2, because it has to have one NAPI poll
routine for both ports on dual port boards. Normal drivers use
netif_rx_schedule_prep and that checks for netif_running.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:52:12 -07:00
Jens Axboe
991721572e [PATCH] Fix missing ret assignment in __bio_map_user() error path
If get_user_pages() returns less pages than what we asked for, we jump
to out_unmap which will return ERR_PTR(ret).  But ret can contain a
positive number just smaller than local_nr_pages, so be sure to set it
to -EFAULT always.

Problem found and diagnosed by Damien Le Moal <damien@sdl.hitachi.co.jp>

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:52:12 -07:00
Jens Axboe
16070428d3 [PATCH] fix cdrom open
Some time ago the cdrom open routine was changed so that we call the
driver's open routine before checking to see if it is read only.  However,
if we discovered that a read write open was not possible and the open
flags required a writable open, we just returned -EROFS without calling
the driver's release routine.   This seems to work for most cdrom drivers,
but breaks the Powerpc iSeries virtual cdrom rather badly.

This just inserts the release call in the error path to balance the call
to "->open()" done by "open_for_data()".

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-17 10:44:26 -07:00
Jens Axboe
553698f944 [PATCH] cfq-iosched: fix crash in do_div()
We don't clear the seek stat values in cfq_alloc_io_context(), and if
->seek_mean is unlucky enough to be set to -36 by chance, the first
invocation of cfq_update_io_seektime() will oops with a divide by zero
in do_div().

Just memset the entire cic instead of filling invididual values
independently.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-14 10:22:16 -07:00
Kirill Korotaev
9cedc194a7 [PATCH] Return error in case flock_lock_file failure
If flock_lock_file() failed to allocate flock with locks_alloc_lock()
then "error = 0" is returned. Need to return some non-zero.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-14 08:59:44 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
eb35cf60e4 [PATCH] sky2: stop/start hardware idle timer on suspend/resume
The resume bug was caused not by an early interrupt but because the idle
timeout was not being stopped on suspend.  Also disable hardware IRQ's
on suspend.  Will need to revisit this with hotplug?

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-13 13:16:41 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
8ab8fca207 [PATCH] sky2: save/restore base hardware irq during suspend/resume
The hardware should be fully shut off during suspend, and the base
irq mask restored during resume.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-13 13:16:41 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
26ec43f132 [PATCH] sky2: fix hotplug detect during poll
If the poll routine detects no hardware available, it needs to dequeue
it self from the network poll list. Linus didn't understand NAPI.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-13 13:16:41 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
f05267e7de [PATCH] sky2: don't hard code number of ports
It is cleaner, to not loop over both ports if only one exists.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-13 13:16:41 -07:00
Stephen Hemminger
2ccc99b7b7 [PATCH] sky2: set_power_state should be void
The set power state function is cleaner if it doesn't return anything.
The only caller that could fail is in suspend() and it can check the argument
there.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-13 13:16:40 -07:00
Randy Dunlap
5e625b0844 [PATCH] alpha: generic hweight build fix
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>

According to include/asm-alpha/bitops.h, only ALPHA_EV67 has hardware
hweight support, so ALPHA_EV6 needs to use GENERIC_HWEIGHT.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Ernst Herzberg <earny@net4u.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-12 15:17:53 -07:00
Sergey Vlasov
86bc843a26 [PATCH] tmpfs: Decrement i_nlink correctly in shmem_rmdir()
shmem_rmdir() must undo the increment of i_nlink done in
shmem_get_inode() for directories, otherwise at least
IN_DELETE_SELF inotify event generation is broken.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-12 14:29:04 -07:00
Robin H. Johnson
cfd95a9cf5 [PATCH] tmpfs: time granularity fix for [acm]time going backwards
I noticed a strange behavior in a tmpfs file system the other day, while
building packages - occasionally, and seemingly at random, make decided to
rebuild a target. However, only on tmpfs.

A file would be created, and if checked, it had a sub-second timestamp.
However, after an utimes related call where sub-seconds should be set, they
were zeroed instead. In the case that a file was created, and utimes(...,NULL)
was used on it in the same second, the timestamp on the file moved backwards.

After some digging, I found that this was being caused by tmpfs not having a
time granularity set, thus inheriting the default 1 second granularity.

Hugh adds: yes, we missed tmpfs when the s_time_gran mods went into 2.6.11.
Unfortunately, the granularity of CURRENT_TIME, often used in filesystems,
does not match the default granularity set by alloc_super.  A few more such
discrepancies have been found, but this is the most important to fix now.

Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-12 13:55:52 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
5f856e8bdc 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:
  [SPARC64]: Do not double-export sys_close() when CONFIG_SOLARIS_EMUL_MODULE
2006-06-12 13:46:43 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
a3b5960ebd 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:
  [IPV4]: Increment ipInHdrErrors when TTL expires.
  [TCP]: continued: reno sacked_out count fix
  [DCCP] Ackvec: fix soft lockup in ackvec handling code
2006-06-12 13:46:27 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
37b0d1dedc Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm:
  [ARM] Fix Integrator and Versatile interrupt initialisation
  [ARM] 3546/1: PATCH: subtle lost interrupts bug on i.MX
  [ARM] 3547/1: PXA-OHCI: Allow platforms to specify a power budget
  [ARM] Fix Neponset IRQ handling
2006-06-12 13:45:41 -07:00
Weidong
42d1d52e69 [IPV4]: Increment ipInHdrErrors when TTL expires.
Signed-off-by: Weidong <weid@nanjing-fnst.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-12 13:09:59 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
d374c1c128 [sky2] Fix sky2 network driver suspend/resume
This fixes two independent problems: it would not save the PCI state on
suspend (and thus try to resume a nonexistent state on resume), and
while shut off, if an interrupt happened on the same shared irq, the irq
handler would react very badly to the interrupt status being an invalid
all-ones state.

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-12 12:53:27 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
0e838b72d5 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev
* 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev:
  [PATCH] sata_mv: grab host lock inside eng_timeout
2006-06-12 07:47:04 -07:00
Aki M Nyrhinen
79320d7e14 [TCP]: continued: reno sacked_out count fix
From: Aki M Nyrhinen <anyrhine@cs.helsinki.fi>

IMHO the current fix to the problem (in_flight underflow in reno)
is incorrect.  it treats the symptons but ignores the problem. the
problem is timing out packets other than the head packet when we
don't have sack. i try to explain (sorry if explaining the obvious).

with sack, scanning the retransmit queue for timed out packets is
fine because we know which packets in our retransmit queue have been
acked by the receiver.

without sack, we know only how many packets in our retransmit queue the
receiver has acknowledged, but no idea which packets.

think of a "typical" slow-start overshoot case, where for example
every third packet in a window get lost because a router buffer gets
full.

with sack, we check for timeouts on those every third packet (as the
rest have been sacked). the packet counting works out and if there
is no reordering, we'll retransmit exactly the packets that were 
lost.

without sack, however, we check for timeout on every packet and end up
retransmitting consecutive packets in the retransmit queue. in our
slow-start example, 2/3 of those retransmissions are unnecessary. these
unnecessary retransmissions eat the congestion window and evetually
prevent fast recovery from continuing, if enough packets were lost.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-11 21:18:56 -07:00
Andrea Bittau
afec35e3fe [DCCP] Ackvec: fix soft lockup in ackvec handling code
A soft lockup existed in the handling of ack vector records.
Specifically, when a tail of the list of ack vector records was
removed, it was possible to end up iterating infinitely on an element
of the tail.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bittau <a.bittau@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-11 21:08:03 -07:00
David S. Miller
ccefb5f3f6 [SPARC64]: Do not double-export sys_close() when CONFIG_SOLARIS_EMUL_MODULE
It is already exported by fs/open.c

Noticed by Ben Collins.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-11 21:05:25 -07:00