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13 years agoThe address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so those calls to
Mathias Krause [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:43 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so those calls to
set_fs(USER_DS) are redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe dqc_bitmap field of struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk is 32-bit aligned,
Akinobu Mita [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:43 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The dqc_bitmap field of struct ocfs2_local_disk_chunk is 32-bit aligned,
but not 64-bit aligned.  The dqc_bitmap is accessed by ocfs2_set_bit(),
ocfs2_clear_bit(), ocfs2_test_bit(), or ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit().  These
are wrapper macros for ext2_*_bit() which need to take an unsigned long
aligned address (though some architectures are able to handle unaligned
address correctly)

So some 64bit architectures may not be able to access the dqc_bitmap
correctly.

This avoids such unaligned access by using another wrapper functions for
ext2_*_bit().  The code is taken from fs/ext4/mballoc.c which also need to
handle unaligned bitmap access.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoext4_{set,clear}_bit() is defined as __test_and_{set,clear}_bit_le() for
Akinobu Mita [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:43 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
ext4_{set,clear}_bit() is defined as __test_and_{set,clear}_bit_le() for
ext4.  Only two ext4_{set,clear}_bit() calls check the return value.  The
rest of calls ignore the return value and they can be replaced with
__{set,clear}_bit_le().

This changes ext4_{set,clear}_bit() from __test_and_{set,clear}_bit_le()
to __{set,clear}_bit_le() and introduces ext4_test_and_{set,clear}_bit()
for the two places where old bit needs to be returned.

This ext4_{set,clear}_bit() change is considered safe, because if someone
uses these macros without noticing the change, new ext4_{set,clear}_bit
don't have return value and causes compiler errors where the return value
is used.

This also removes unused ext4_find_first_zero_bit().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agodel_timer_sync() calls debug_object_assert_init() to assert that a timer
Christine Chan [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:42 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
del_timer_sync() calls debug_object_assert_init() to assert that a timer
has been initialized before calling lock_timer_base().  lock_timer_base()
would spin forever on a NULL(uninit-ed) base.  The check is added to
del_timer() to prevent silent failure, even though it would not get stuck
in an infinite loop.

Signed-off-by: Christine Chan <cschan@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoAdd new check (assert_init) to make sure objects are initialized and
Christine Chan [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:42 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Add new check (assert_init) to make sure objects are initialized and
tracked by debugobjects.

Signed-off-by: Christine Chan <cschan@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
Mathias Krause [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:41 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
Mathias Krause [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:41 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoUnless I'm very much missing something these tests are intended to check
Mark Brown [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:40 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Unless I'm very much missing something these tests are intended to check
if bit zero is set, rather than checking if msk is entirely zero (in which
case the logic would be very confusing.  I haven't actually observed any
runtime issues so this may be a misreading of the code on my part.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoA straightforward looking use of idr for a device id.
Jonathan Cameron [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:40 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
A straightforward looking use of idr for a device id.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agohwmon was using an idr with a NULL pointer, so convert to an
Jonathan Cameron [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:40 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
hwmon was using an idr with a NULL pointer, so convert to an
ida which then allows use of Rusty's ida_simple_get.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
Cc: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agofb_set_suspend() must be called with the console semaphore held, which
Andrea Righi [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:39 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
fb_set_suspend() must be called with the console semaphore held, which
means the code path coming in here will first take the console_lock() and
then call lock_fb_info().

However several framebuffer ioctl commands acquire these locks in reverse
order (lock_fb_info() and then console_lock()).  This gives rise to
potential AB-BA deadlock.

Fix this by changing the order of acquisition in the ioctl commands that
make use of console_lock().

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@develer.com>
Reported-by: Peter Nordström (Palm GBU) <peter.nordstrom@palm.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoSome messing with error codes to return 0 on out id's and match
Jonathan Cameron [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:39 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Some messing with error codes to return 0 on out id's and match
current situation.  Is this necessary? Looks a touch 'interesting'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@ericsson.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoDon't dereference em if it's NULL or an error pointer.
Roel Kluin [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:38 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Don't dereference em if it's NULL or an error pointer.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoA call to va_copy() should always be followed by a call to va_end() in the
Jesper Juhl [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:38 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
A call to va_copy() should always be followed by a call to va_end() in the
same function.  In kernel/autit.c::audit_log_vformat() this is not always
done.  This patch makes sure va_end() is always called.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
Mathias Krause [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:38 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoDon't allow everybody to use a modem.
Vasiliy Kulikov [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:37 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Don't allow everybody to use a modem.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Cc: Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@stericsson.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe current interrupt traces from irq_handler_entry and irq_handler_exit
Vaibhav Nagarnaik [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:37 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The current interrupt traces from irq_handler_entry and irq_handler_exit
provide when an interrupt is handled.  They provide good data about when
the system has switched to kernel space and how it affects the currently
running processes.

There are some IRQ vectors which trigger the system into kernel space,
which are not handled in generic IRQ handlers.  Tracing such events gives
us the information about IRQ interaction with other system events.

The trace also tells where the system is spending its time.  We want to
know which cores are handling interrupts and how they are affecting other
processes in the system.  Also, the trace provides information about when
the cores are idle and which interrupts are changing that state.

The following patch adds the event definition and trace instrumentation
for interrupt vectors.  For x86, a lookup table is provided to print out
readable IRQ vector names.  The template can be used to provide interrupt
vector lookup tables on other architectures.

Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe x86 timer interrupt handler is the only handler not traced in the
Vaibhav Nagarnaik [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:37 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The x86 timer interrupt handler is the only handler not traced in the
irq/irq_handler_{entry|exit} trace events.

Add tracepoints to the interrupt handler to trace it.

Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoReplace the bubble sort in sanitize_e820_map() with a call to the generic
Mike Ditto [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:37 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Replace the bubble sort in sanitize_e820_map() with a call to the generic
kernel sort function to avoid pathological performance with large maps.

On large (thousands of entries) E820 maps, the previous code took minutes
to run; with this change it's now milliseconds.

Signed-off-by: Mike Ditto <mditto@google.com>
Cc: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@kpanic.de>
Cc: Nancy Yuen <yuenn@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoCc: Ed Wildgoose <git@wildgooses.com>
Andrew Morton [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:36 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Cc: Ed Wildgoose <git@wildgooses.com>
Cc: Ed Wildgoose <kernel@wildgooses.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThis new driver replaces the old PCEngines Alix 2/3 LED driver with a new
Ed Wildgoose [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:36 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
This new driver replaces the old PCEngines Alix 2/3 LED driver with a new
driver that controls the LEDs through the leds-gpio driver.  The old
driver accessed GPIOs directly, which created a conflict and prevented
also loading the cs5535-gpio driver to read other GPIOs on the Alix board.
 With this new driver, we hook into leds-gpio which in turn uses GPIO to
control the LEDs and therefore it's possible to control both the LEDs and
access onboard GPIOs

Driver is moved to platform/geode and any other geode initialisation
modules should move here also.

This driver is inspired by leds-net5501.c by Alessandro Zummo.

Ideally, leds-net5501.c should also be moved to platform/geode.
Additionally the driver relies on parts of the patch: 7f131cf3ed ("leds:
leds-alix2c - take port address from MSR) by Daniel Mack to perform
detection of the Alix board.

Signed-off-by: Ed Wildgoose <kernel@wildgooses.com>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Reviewed-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoOn x86_32 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to long may
Ludwig Nussel [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:36 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
On x86_32 casting the unsigned int result of get_random_int() to long may
result in a negative value.  On x86_32 the range of mmap_rnd() therefore
was -255 to 255.  The 32bit mode on x86_64 used 0 to 255 as intended.

The bug was introduced by 675a081 ("x86: unify mmap_{32|64}.c") in January
2008.

Signed-off-by: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThis makes the iris driver use the platform API, so it is properly exposed
Shérab [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:36 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
This makes the iris driver use the platform API, so it is properly exposed
in /sys.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove commented-out code, add missing space to printk, clean up code layout]
Signed-off-by: Shérab <Sebastien.Hinderer@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoAdd support for Aspire 1410 BIOS v1.3314. Fixes the following error:
Clay Carpenter [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:35 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Add support for Aspire 1410 BIOS v1.3314.  Fixes the following error:

acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Acer/Aspire 1410/v1.3314,
please report, aborting!

Signed-off-by: Clay Carpenter <claycarpenter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@piie.net>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThe parameter's origin type is long. On an i386 architecture, it can
hank [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:34 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
The parameter's origin type is long.  On an i386 architecture, it can
easily be larger than 0x80000000, causing this function to convert it to a
sign-extended u64 type.  Change the type to unsigned long so we get the
correct result.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: hank <pyu@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoWhen no floppy is found the module code can be released while a timer
Carsten Emde [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:32 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
When no floppy is found the module code can be released while a timer
function is pending or about to be executed.

CPU0                                  CPU1
      floppy_init()
timer_softirq()
   spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
   detach_timer();
   spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
   -> Interrupt
del_timer();
        return -ENODEV;
                                      module_cleanup();
   <- EOI
   call_timer_fn();
   OOPS

Use del_timer_sync() to prevent this.

Signed-off-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoBecause of x86-implement-strict-user-copy-checks-for-x86_64.patch
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:32 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Because of x86-implement-strict-user-copy-checks-for-x86_64.patch

When compiling mm/mempolicy.c the following warning is shown.

In file included from arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:572,
                 from include/linux/uaccess.h:5,
                 from include/linux/highmem.h:7,
                 from include/linux/pagemap.h:10,
                 from include/linux/mempolicy.h:70,
                 from mm/mempolicy.c:68:
In function `copy_from_user',
    inlined from `compat_sys_get_mempolicy' at mm/mempolicy.c:1415:
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:64: warning: call to `copy_from_user_overflow' declared with attribute warning: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct
  LD      mm/built-in.o

Fix this by passing correct buffer size value.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoOn thread exit shm_exit_ns() is called, it uses shm_ids(ns).rw_mutex. It
Vasiliy Kulikov [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:32 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
On thread exit shm_exit_ns() is called, it uses shm_ids(ns).rw_mutex.  It
is initialized in shm_init(), but it is not called yet at the moment of
kernel threads exit.  Some kernel threads are created in
do_pre_smp_initcalls(), and shm_init() is called in do_initcalls().

Static initialization of shm_ids(init_ipc_ns).rw_mutex fixes the race.

It fixes a kernel oops:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
...
[<c0320090>] (__down_write_nested+0x88/0xe0) from [<c015da08>] (exit_shm+0x28/0x48)
[<c015da08>] (exit_shm+0x28/0x48) from [<c002e550>] (do_exit+0x59c/0x750)
[<c002e550>] (do_exit+0x59c/0x750) from [<c003eaac>] (____call_usermodehelper+0x13c/0x154)
[<c003eaac>] (____call_usermodehelper+0x13c/0x154) from [<c000f630>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8)
Code: 1afffffa e597c00c e58d0000 e587d00c (e58cd000)

Reported-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@googlemail.com>
Reported-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Reported-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org>
Tested-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@googlemail.com>
Tested-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Tested-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoThis patch makes two changes:
Will Drewry [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:30 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
This patch makes two changes:
- check for trailing characters after parsing PARTNROFF=%d
- disable root_wait if a syntax error is seen

The former assures that bad input like
  root=PARTUUID=<validuuid>/PARTNROFF=5abc
properly fails by attempting to parse an extra character after the
integer.  If the integer is missing, sscanf will fail, but if it is
present, and there is a trailing non-nul character, then the extra
field will be parsed and the error case will be hit.

The latter assures that if rootwait has been specified, the error
message isn't flooded to the screen during rootwait's loop.  Instead of
adding printk ratelimiting, root_wait was disabled.  This stays true to
the rootwait goal of support asynchronous device arrival while still
providing users with helpful messages.  With ratelimiting or disabling
logging on rootwait, a range of edge cases turn up where the user would
not be informed of an error properly.

Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoExpand root=PARTUUID=UUID syntax to support selecting a root partition by
Will Drewry [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:30 +0000 (10:52 +1000)]
Expand root=PARTUUID=UUID syntax to support selecting a root partition by
integer offset from a known, unique partition.  This approach provides
similar properties to specifying a device and partition number, but using
the UUID as the unique path prior to evaluating the offset.

For example,
  root=PARTUUID=99DE9194-FC15-4223-9192-FC243948F88B/PARTNROFF=1
selects the partition with UUID 99DE.. then select the next
partition.

This change is motivated by a particular usecase in Chromium OS where the
bootloader can easily determine what partition it is on (by UUID) but
doesn't perform general partition table walking.

That said, support for this model provides a direct mechanism for the user
to modify the root partition to boot without specifically needing to
extract each UUID or update the bootloader explicitly when the root
partition UUID is changed (if it is recreated to be larger, for instance).
 Pinning to a /boot-style partition UUID allows the arbitrary root
partition reconfiguration/modifications with slightly less ambiguity than
just [dev][partition] and less stringency than the specific root partition
UUID.

Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'moduleh/module.h-split'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:52:13 +0000 (12:52 +1000)]
Merge remote-tracking branch 'moduleh/module.h-split'

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drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
drivers/staging/dt3155v4l/dt3155v4l.c
include/linux/dmaengine.h

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'tmem/linux-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:24:06 +0000 (12:24 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:22:33 +0000 (12:22 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:21:14 +0000 (12:21 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:19:55 +0000 (12:19 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:18:28 +0000 (12:18 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:18:21 +0000 (12:18 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:16:58 +0000 (12:16 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'devicetree/devicetree/next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:16:46 +0000 (12:16 +1000)]
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drivers/of/base.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'i7300_edac/linux_next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:15:23 +0000 (12:15 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'i7core_edac/linux_next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:13:52 +0000 (12:13 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'fsnotify/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:11:12 +0000 (12:11 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:09:50 +0000 (12:09 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:08:28 +0000 (12:08 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'agp/agp-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:07:44 +0000 (12:07 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'security-testing/next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:07:37 +0000 (12:07 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'voltage/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:06:19 +0000 (12:06 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'viafb/viafb-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:04:46 +0000 (12:04 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'fbdev/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:03:21 +0000 (12:03 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'md/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:01:49 +0000 (12:01 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'slab/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:01:42 +0000 (12:01 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'kgdb/kgdb-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:01:38 +0000 (12:01 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'mmc/mmc-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:00:16 +0000 (12:00 +1000)]
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drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-esdhc-imx.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'leds/for-mm'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 02:00:07 +0000 (12:00 +1000)]
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drivers/leds/Kconfig

13 years agoMerge branch 'quilt/device-mapper'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:58:18 +0000 (11:58 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'block/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:54:03 +0000 (11:54 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'input/next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:52:38 +0000 (11:52 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge branch 'quilt/rr'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:51:19 +0000 (11:51 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'sound-asoc/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:49:47 +0000 (11:49 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'sound/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:49:38 +0000 (11:49 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'l2-mtd/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:48:09 +0000 (11:48 +1000)]
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drivers/mtd/maps/lantiq-flash.c
drivers/mtd/maps/pxa2xx-flash.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'bluetooth/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:46:35 +0000 (11:46 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'wireless/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:44:53 +0000 (11:44 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'net/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:42:48 +0000 (11:42 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'slave-dma/next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:39:20 +0000 (11:39 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'ibft/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:39:13 +0000 (11:39 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:39:07 +0000 (11:39 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'kconfig/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:38:47 +0000 (11:38 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'kbuild/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:37:17 +0000 (11:37 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'docs/docs-move'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:36:01 +0000 (11:36 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge branch 'quilt/kernel-doc'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:34:40 +0000 (11:34 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'hwmon-staging/hwmon-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:33:23 +0000 (11:33 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'hid/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:31:52 +0000 (11:31 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'xfs/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:30:11 +0000 (11:30 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'v9fs/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:28:54 +0000 (11:28 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'ocfs2/linux-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:27:27 +0000 (11:27 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'nfs/linux-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:26:09 +0000 (11:26 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'logfs/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:24:54 +0000 (11:24 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'jfs/next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:23:37 +0000 (11:23 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'gfs2/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:22:21 +0000 (11:22 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'fuse/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:21:04 +0000 (11:21 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'cifs/master'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:20:57 +0000 (11:20 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'ceph/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:20:55 +0000 (11:20 +1000)]
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fs/ceph/export.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'unicore32/unicore32'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:19:34 +0000 (11:19 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'sh/sh-latest'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:18:18 +0000 (11:18 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 's390/features'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:17:05 +0000 (11:17 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:15:46 +0000 (11:15 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'mips/mips-for-linux-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:14:23 +0000 (11:14 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'm68knommu/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:14:20 +0000 (11:14 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'cris/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:12:55 +0000 (11:12 +1000)]
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Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:11:43 +0000 (11:11 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'ux500-core/ux500-core'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:11:40 +0000 (11:11 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 's5p/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:10:25 +0000 (11:10 +1000)]
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arch/arm/mach-exynos4/Kconfig
arch/arm/mach-exynos4/mach-smdkc210.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'msm/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:09:00 +0000 (11:09 +1000)]
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arch/arm/mach-msm/io.c

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'arm-soc/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:08:49 +0000 (11:08 +1000)]
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arch/arm/mach-exynos4/pm.c
arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx25.c
arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx31.c
arch/arm/mach-imx/mm-imx35.c
arch/arm/mach-mx5/mm.c
arch/arm/mach-omap2/cm-regbits-44xx.h

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'arm-lpae/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:07:16 +0000 (11:07 +1000)]
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arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
arch/arm/include/asm/proc-fns.h
arch/arm/include/asm/tlb.h
arch/arm/mm/context.c
arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S

13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'arm/for-next'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 01:05:56 +0000 (11:05 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'fbdev-current/fbdev-fixes-for-linus'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:59:58 +0000 (10:59 +1000)]
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'rmobile-current/rmobile-fixes-for-linus'
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13 years agoMerge remote-tracking branch 'sh-current/sh-fixes-for-linus'
Stephen Rothwell [Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:59:55 +0000 (10:59 +1000)]
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